For the first time in decades, the New York state Legislature has amended Sections 519 and 521 of the Judiciary Law to increase the daily rate of pay for trial and grand jurors serving in New York state from $40 to $72. This amendment was enacted through the New York State Budget for fiscal 2025-2026, which Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law on May 9. Accordingly, as of June 8, most employers with 11 or more employees must pay their employees who are absent for jury duty at a daily rate of $72 for the first three days of jury duty.
Specifically, in the same manner as before the amendment, employers with 11 or more employees are required to pay employees for their first three days of jury service. As was previously required, in situations when an employee’s wages for time spent absent from work due to jury duty would be equal to or higher than the jury fee, the employer is responsible for paying at least the jury fee. In such cases prior to the June 2025 amendment, employers were required to pay at least $40 per day. Now, employers must pay at least $72 per day.
As was also previously required, when an employee’s daily wages for time spent absent from work would be lower than the daily jury fee (now $72 per day), the employer must pay the entirety of such daily wages. The employee is then entitled to an allowance (to be paid by the state) equal to the difference between the amount of the employee’s daily wages and $72.
The Judiciary Law provides that the employer may...
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