Mel, I think (at least I know it used to be so) that in the USA your employer is required to pay you full salary while you're on jury duty, but you have to surrender your jury duty pay to them. That makes it a little less painful for you but more costly for your employer.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > Hey there Bill! Thanks for that. The way things turned out, my panel number > was cancelled out, as they apparently had more than enough to choose from for > the moment. I don't know how many jurors they want for now, but they have to > pick a team out of the first 100(I'm no.129, and nearly 200 were sent > notices by normal mail). However, our justice dept. here said that I may get > another date for attendance in the future >  > Welcome REWRISK. Religious grounds? Me personally, I was only interested in > getting back to work. Jurors here DownUnder/Australia get paid > (Australian)39$ per day for the first 5 days, and then (Australian)$75 per > day from the 6th day onwards. An acquaintance of mine did it for 3 weeks, and > one big (Islamic)terror-related trial we just had here last year lasted for > 6 months. Honestly, I am curious on what jury duty entails and being part of > all that legal/justice world and I would have willingly done it if I knew it > wasn't going to get my boss into a huge epileptic fit. Without meaning to > sound arrogant or perhaps lacking in enough humility, I think I would be > clear-headed enough to work my way through even a major trial with a team. > I refer to it as being 'clear headed', but I'm guessing that this may be > something the late (Shunryu) Suzuki-sensei was referring to in his book ZEN > MIND BEGINNERS MIND as the BigMind. I've never had him as a > teacher, but that's my interpretation >  > in Buddha's grace > Mel > > > ________________________________ > From: rewrisk <rewrisk@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 23 January 2012 1:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen Story: Cause and effect > > >  > I object on religious grounds. > I could never know enough to be satisfied my judgement could not be wrong. > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Mel, > > > > It sounds like you did what you could to avoid conflict and > > misunderstanding. I'm sure you'll learn a lot and enjoy your experience. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey there Bill > > >  > > > I have informed the employer already, but I guess there was that huge > > > desire on my part to prevent the boat from getting rocked even though it > > > was the legal and justice department doing so. Well, I've got my first > > > day this Friday. Perhaps things may not turn out as bad as I thought it > > > would. Who knows? I may even enjoy and learn from the proceedings > > >  > > > Thanks for that Bill > > >  > > > in peace > > > Mel > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 2:18 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen Story: Cause and effect > > > > > > > > >  > > > Mel, > > > > > > I don't know the laws in Australia but in the USA your employer cannot > > > dismiss you or take any other actions against you because of your > > > absences during jury duty. I recommend you discuss this with your > > > employer as soon as possible to let him know your circumstances, and then > > > see what he has to say. > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
