# Tennessee — Jury duty employer pay requirements by US state — whether an employer must keep paying wages during jury service, how much, for how long, quoted from the state's own statute

For Tennessee, employer pay rule is the employee shall be entitled to the employee's usual compensation received from such employment; however, the employer has the discretion to deduct the amount of the fee or compensation the employee receives for serving as a juror; employer size exemption is If an employer employs less than five (5) people on a regular basis or if the juror has been employed by an employer on a temporary basis for less than six (6) months, the employer is not required to compensate the juror during the period of jury service pursuant to this section; statute is Tennessee Code Title 22. Juries and Jurors § 22-4-106, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Tennessee _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Employer pay rule:** the employee shall be entitled to the employee's usual compensation received from such employment; however, the employer has the discretion to deduct the amount of the fee or compensation the employee receives for serving as a juror. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employer size exemption:** If an employer employs less than five (5) people on a regular basis or if the juror has been employed by an employer on a temporary basis for less than six (6) months, the employer is not required to compensate the juror during the period of jury service pursuant to this section. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Tennessee Code Title 22. Juries and Jurors § 22-4-106 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) Notwithstanding the excused absence as provided in subsection (a), the employee shall be entitled to the employee's usual compensation received from such employment; however, the employer has the discretion to deduct the amount of the fee or compensation the employee receives for serving as a juror. Moreover, no employer shall be required to compensate an employee for more time than was actually spent serving and traveling to and from jury duty.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Employer size exemption

> If an employer employs less than five (5) people on a regular basis or if the juror has been employed by an employer on a temporary basis for less than six (6) months, the employer is not required to compensate the juror during the period of jury service pursuant to this section.

### Statute

> Tennessee Code Title 22. Juries and Jurors § 22-4-106

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-22-juries-and-jurors/tn-code-sect-22-4-106/

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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