I work for a large company, that has spent literally millions and millions of dollars in the past ten years supplementing the military pay of employees called up for Guard duty. Basically, if an employ is called up for Guard duty, they make up the difference in pay for as long as his tour continues. In a little noticed move, they changed the policy on jury duty from paying the employee for the entire time to just the statutory minimum. In Massachusetts, an employer has to pay you for your first five days of jury duty (if you are scheduled to work), after which the State pays something like $50 smackers a day.
That is a very good point - I hadn’t even thought about the fact that employers pay for Guard duty so why don’t they pay for jury duty as well? Especially in a case like this one - where we need a good cross section of citizens who can listen and reason the facts presented.