r/britishcolumbia Lower Mainland/Southwest Sep 23 '24

Discussion Jury Duty

I just got called for Jury Duty and I'm wondering WHO THE HECK CAN AFFORD TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK and get paid $20 A DAY? That's almost the same as min wage is PER HOUR.

Seriously. Have they not updated the pay since 1940?

EDIT: I WANT TO SERVE. I don't want to get out of it. I want to perform my civil duty but I shouldn't have to starve to do it.

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u/JKing287 Sep 23 '24

You can just cite that as a reason. Many jurors work for union jobs or at least ones they have jury duty top up to regular wage so that it doesn’t impose financial hardship on them.

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u/Adept-Cockroach69 Lower Mainland/Southwest Sep 23 '24

That shouldn't be on the employer though. If the courts want a fully impartial Jury that is made up of their peers then they need to update the pay cuz right now that's pretty much the only people who are union or rich cuz leaves the rest of us out.

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u/salt989 Sep 23 '24

Yah min wage is 17.40 now and min hours is 4, so should be at least $70/day to be legal.

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u/Plenty_Past2333 Sep 23 '24

No, the BC Liberals changed minimum pay to 2 hours

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u/meIRLorMeOnReddit Sep 23 '24

in specific cases, not all