I would give a call to the Department of Labor as to the extended day.  The thing is, your husband may not be paid for his day on jury duty if he does not go in to work.  Texas does not have any law in effect that requires an employer to pay you while you are on jury duty.  So he should consider that in to the equation when making a decision. I do think that he is right to question his working that long a day given his line of work.  Maybe he should try and negotiate a shorter day for the time that he is attending jury duty.  Good luck.