Jurors should be paid more, a Judicial Council workgroup said in a March report.
Although it did not list an exact amount for jurors to be paid, the Ad Hoc Workgroup on Post-Pandemic Initiatives described the $15 per day that jurors have received since 2000 as an insult that should have been corrected decades ago.
The workgroup also suggested courts should virtually screen and select juries, and stagger juror reporting times to reduce jury duty’s disruptions on people’s daily lives.
Juror pay has not kept up with inflation, and has only changed once since 1957, the workgroup said.
“This contributes to longstanding perceptions of parties to
