Do companies have to pay their employees during jury duty?

Do companies have to pay their employees during jury duty?

There are some laws in this country about jurors getting paid when they're called for jury duty. We did a survey a few years ago and we found that most employers pay an average of about seventy-five percent of the standard rate of pay to their employees if they're out for several days. If they're out for a couple of days they usually pay them in full. There are only a couple of states that have the same laws governing payments to jurors as they have governing payments to people called, let's say, to go to National Guard or something like that. Their employers can't penalize them for that, but in most instances if you're going to serve on a jury your employer is going to pay you anyway, but in most states they're not required to, but often the employers will call us and we will say, "Yes, you should pay them even if it isn't the law in your state" and they do.