Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an employee under any of the following instruments, unless the instrument provides otherwise--
(a) an industrial instrument made after 1 September 2005, other than a certified agreement if the application to certify the agreement was made on or before 1 September 2005;
(b) a federal award made or varied after 1 September 2005;
(c) a federal agreement made, varied or approved after 1 September 2005, other than a federal agreement if the application to certify the agreement was made on or before 1 September 2005.
(2) If the employee is required to attend for jury service, the employee--
(a) is entitled to take jury service leave; and
(b) must, as soon as is practicable, tell the employer about the requirement to attend for jury service and the period the employee is required to perform jury service.
(3) If the employee is given a document relating to jury service, the employee must give the document, or a copy of it, to the employer.
(4) For the period of jury service leave, the employer must pay the employee the difference between the following--
(a) the amount stated in the document relating to jury service, or the copy, as the amount received as remuneration and allowances, other than meal allowances;
(b) the ordinary rate the employee would have been paid if the employee had not taken jury service leave.
(5) The amount payable under subsection (4) must be paid on or before the first pay day that is practicable after the employee gives the employer the employee's document relating to jury service or a copy of it.
(6) Also, if the employee is not required to serve on a jury for a day or part of a day after attending for jury service and the employee would ordinarily be working for all or part of the remaining day, the employee must, if practicable, present for work at the earliest reasonable opportunity.
(7) In this section--
document relating to jury service, in relation to an employee, means a document stating the employee's attendance under a requirement to attend for jury service, the number of days of attendance and the amount received as remuneration and allowances, other than meal allowances, under the Jury Act 1995.
employee does not include a casual employee.
jury service leave, in relation to an employee, means leave taken by an employee required to attend for jury service.
required to attend for jury service, in relation to an employee, means the employee--
(a) is given a summons under the Jury Act 1995, section 27 requiring the employee to attend for jury service; or
(b) is instructed under the Jury Act 1995, section 38 to attend for jury service.