Hennepin County Jury Service. Hennepin County District Court " Phone: (612) 540-7436.Your job is legally protected while serving on jury duty, but your employer is not obligated to pay you for time missed. This interview will help you determine if the payment you received for jury duty is taxable. Information you'll need Employment will be paid in the same manner as payment of sick leave in the Severance Pay benefit contained in Article 23 of the agreement. You can take a tax deduction, which offsets taxable income, so you only pay taxes on the amount of money you didn't give back. Employers with 10 or fewer employees can withhold pay of an employee out for jury duty. Federal law doesn't require employers to provide employees leave, compensation, or benefits for jury dutyrelated absences. Potential jurors fill out questionnaires, from which the courts narrow the number of people actually asked to report.