Articles Tagged with jury duty

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A FedEx Office employee who worked at the company for more than two decades sued his employer, claiming that FedEx fired him specifically because he was performing jury duty. (Read the lawsuit below)

Federal law prohibits employers from firing, threatening, intimidating, or coercing any permanent employee who performs jury service.

What makes this lawsuit particularly disturbing is that FedEx not only derives substantial profits from serving the legal community’s document and technology needs, but that the company itself has benefitted directly from America’s jury system.