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28 USC § 1875 - Protection of jurors’ employment | Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
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28 USC § 1875 - Protection of jurors’ employment
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation as to each employee, and may be ordered to perform community service.
An individual claiming that his employer has violated the provisions of this section may make application to the district court for the district in which such employer maintains a place of business and the court shall, upon finding probable merit in such claim, appoint counsel to represent such individual in any action in the district court necessary to the resolution of such claim. Such counsel shall be compensated and necessary expenses repaid to the extent provided by section 3006A of title 18, United States Code.
In any action or proceeding under this section, the court may award a prevailing employee who brings such action by retained counsel a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs. The court may tax a defendant employer, as costs payable to the court, the attorney fees and expenses incurred on behalf of a prevailing employee, where such costs were expended by the court pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. The court may award a prevailing employer a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs only if the court finds that the action is frivolous, vexatious, or brought in bad faith.
(Added Pub. L. 95–572, § 6(a)(1),Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2456; amended Pub. L. 97–463, § 1,Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 110–406, § 19,Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4295.)
2008—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–406substituted “$5,000 for each violation as to each employee, and may be ordered to perform community service.” for “$1,000 for each violation as to each employee.”
1983—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 97–463, § 1(1), substituted designation “(d)(1)” for “(d)” before “An individual claiming”.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 97–463, § 1(2), inserted provision empowering the court to tax a defendant employer, as costs payable to the court, the attorney fees and expenses incurred on behalf of a prevailing employee, where such costs were expended by the court pursuant to par. (1) of this subsection and, in existing provisions, substituted “only if the court finds that the action is frivolous” for “if the court determines that the action is frivolous”.
Section applicable with respect to any grand or petit juror summoned for service or actually serving on or after Nov. 2, 1978, see section 7(a) ofPub. L. 95–572, set out as a note under section 1363 of this title.