My company claims that allowing me to have both my regular pay and the government pay would be considered an over-payment, and the accountants say it triggers all kinds of messy things.
However, at the same time, it is illegal to do this in some American states where we have offices. So it must somehow be possible for the accountants to allow it.
I served on a jury for a week a few years ago and my check at the end was $22. It seems like it wouldn't be worth the company's time to handle and process that check.
I'm sure some jurors got more. My county's jury pay/reimbursement is primarily mileage based and I live 2 miles from the court house.
Given how badly jury duty pays, it seems a wasted effort.
It seems to vary from county to county. When I served, we were given a pamphlet stating that the rate had recently been raised.
I don't remember the exact figure, but it was well above minimum wage. Something like $80 for the first and last day, plus $120 for each day between, plus transportation costs.
Far less than what I make as a super cool tech dev bro, but I can see it taking a lot of the pain away for the average person.
The state made me forego the (grand - for a month) jury duty pay due to being on salary.
However, I still got compensated for daily public transport to the courthouse - which wasn't taxable.
> My company requires me to send it a check for the amount I receive from the government for jury duty
That just sounds like something that shouldn't be allowed. I don't know the rules.