still pay him. Without him, our bills would not be met and we would not have a roof over our heads, we need that money to survive. His job does not continue to pay their employees for it. This is a terrible thing, all businesses should, by law, have to pay their employees if they are called to do jury duty. Especially in this economy when people are losing their homes left and right, you think people can just afford to just miss work and miss pay for jury duty? No. Our employers view jury duty as a free day joke and treat it like so, maybe there is where the problem STARTS! This is for Canadian jury duty. I was summoned, but I honestly couldn't afford it, and that's what I told them. In my province, you are paid $8 an hour, and you are not covered for travel. I wrote in stating how much my rent and bills were, and how I had saved for a couple of months for a trip to visit my family on the other side of the world, and also that I worked in sales and that missed work meant that I could not pay my bills. I stated frankly that if I were paid $8 an hour for even just a week, I wouldn't be able to pay for something. I was excused. I think every one needs to do jury duty, but I'd like to do it when I'm retired and