Every person, firm or corporation who discharges an employee, causes an employee to be discharged, or requires an employee to use sick leave 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.

Laws 1978, SB 242, c. 142, § 34, eff. October 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1177, c. 99, § 15, eff. November 1, 1987; Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2729, c. 134, § 1, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available).