Okla. Stat. tit. 38, § 38-34
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Termination, removal or other adverse employment action for
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employee’s jury service - Use of sick leave or vacation leave -
Penalty - Postponement of service.
A. Any person who is summoned to serve as a juror and who
notifies his or her employer of such summons within a reasonable
period of time after receipt of a summons and prior to his or her
appearance for jury duty may not be terminated, removed or otherwise
subject to any adverse employment action as a result of such
service.
B. An employee may not be required or requested to use annual,
vacation, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for
jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process,
or time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this provision
shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual,
vacation, or sick leave to such employees who otherwise are not
entitled to such benefits under company policies.
C. Every person, firm or corporation who discharges an
employee, causes an employee to be discharged, takes other adverse
action against an employee or requires an employee to use sick,
annual or vacation leave because of said employee’s absence from
employment by reason of said employee’s having been required to
serve as a grand, multicounty grand, or petit juror on a grand,
multicounty grand, or petit jury shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The provisions of this section
shall not require an employer to pay an employee wages for the time
the employee is absent from employment for jury duty unless the
employee uses paid leave for that purpose. It shall be the decision
of the employee whether to use paid leave or take leave without pay
for absence from employment for jury duty.
D. A court shall automatically postpone and reschedule the
service of a summoned juror who is employed by an employer with five
or fewer full-time employees, or their equivalent, if another
employee of that employer has previously been summoned to appear
during the same period. Such postponement will not effect an
individual’s right to one automatic postponement under Section 9 of
this act.
Penalty - Postponement of service.
A. Any person who is summoned to serve as a juror and who
notifies his or her employer of such summons within a reasonable
period of time after receipt of a summons and prior to his or her
appearance for jury duty may not be terminated, removed or otherwise
subject to any adverse employment action as a result of such
service.
B. An employee may not be required or requested to use annual,
vacation, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for
jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process,
or time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this provision
shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual,
vacation, or sick leave to such employees who otherwise are not
entitled to such benefits under company policies.
C. Every person, firm or corporation who discharges an
employee, causes an employee to be discharged, takes other adverse
action against an employee or requires an employee to use sick,
annual or vacation leave because of said employee’s absence from
employment by reason of said employee’s having been required to
serve as a grand, multicounty grand, or petit juror on a grand,
multicounty grand, or petit jury shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The provisions of this section
shall not require an employer to pay an employee wages for the time
the employee is absent from employment for jury duty unless the
employee uses paid leave for that purpose. It shall be the decision
of the employee whether to use paid leave or take leave without pay
for absence from employment for jury duty.
D. A court shall automatically postpone and reschedule the
service of a summoned juror who is employed by an employer with five
or fewer full-time employees, or their equivalent, if another
employee of that employer has previously been summoned to appear
during the same period. Such postponement will not effect an
individual’s right to one automatic postponement under Section 9 of
this act.
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