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icture this: You open your mailbox, and sandwiched between the bills and flyers is a postcard addressed to you. Cue the warm and fuzzy feeling of getting snail mail. Fewer things make that nostalgia fade faster than discovering the postcard is actually a jury duty summons.E

ach year, some 11 million Americans report for in-person for jury duty. The majority will only spend a few days in court, or even less if they’re dismissed during voir dire. But the prospect of missing any amount of work can be a major stressor, particularly if their employer doesn’t offer paid jury duty leave.