# Jury duty **Criteria**: Mattermost staff who are called to serve as jurors or witnesses in civil or criminal cases. **Mattermost Jury Duty Leave Entitlement**: Mattermost provides up to five (5) days of 100% paid leave for staff who are called to serve as jurors or witnesses in civil or criminal cases. Leave for jury duty or witness service which exceeds 5 days will be unpaid. **Note:** In some regions, there are statutory requirements for paid jury duty leave in excess of 5 days. Please reach out to the People team with questions about specific legislative requirements in your region of residence, including benefits and vacation entitlements during the leave. **Process**: Notify your manager and as soon as possible. If selected to serve on a jury, you may be required to provide proof of service, such as the summons, subpoena, or a certificate showing the period of jury duty. Record your time off in **Rippling > Time Off > Jury Duty**. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://handbook.mattermost.com/operations/workplace/people/working-at-mattermost/leaves-of-absence/jury-duty.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.