Alaska Statutes: AS 09.20.037. Protection For Employee On Jury Duty.

Alaska Statutes. Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure Chapter 20. Trial Section 37. Protection For Employee On Jury Duty.

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AS 09.20.037. Protection For Employee On Jury Duty.

(a) An employer may not deprive an employee of employment or threaten, coerce, or penalize an employee because the employee receives or responds to a summons for jury service, serves as a juror, or attends court for prospective jury service. This section does not require an employer to pay wages to an employee for time spent on jury service or in court for prospective jury service.
(b) If an employer violates this section, the employee may bring a civil action to recover wages lost as a result of the violation, other damages that resulted from the violation, and may also seek an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee.

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