Deferral of jury service request letter template

As [name of employee's employer, we are writing in support of their application to [have their jury service deferred to a later date] OR [be excused from jury service].

We have seen a copy of their Jury Summons and we note that their jury service is scheduled to start on [date] and is likely to last for up to [number - usually two] weeks.

At this time, [name]'s current work commitments are such that their absence from the workplace would cause undue hardship and potentially substantial harm to the business.  In particular (specify reason from list below, providing further detail as necessary):

• [Name] works in a small team of only [number] staff and, at this time, another member of that team will be absent on [annual leave/maternity leave/adoption leave/parental leave/paternity leave] OR
• [Name] works in a small team of only [number] staff and currently another member of that team is absent on long-term sick leave and has not been replaced OR
• [Name] is currently working on an important business project, their input into that project is key and therefore their absence from the workplace would have a significant detrimental impact on our ability to progress that project and to complete it on time OR
• This is our busiest time of the year and [name]'s absence from the workplace will mean that we are unable to [deliver on our service standards to our customers and clients/complete customer and client orders on time]. This may, in turn, result in a future loss of business OR
• [Name]'s role as a [job title] is of a very specialist, highly skilled nature and therefore we would have real difficulty hiring a temporary worker to cover their absence OR
• [Name] is currently heavily involved in training other members of staff and this would be disrupted by their absence which would, in turn, have a detrimental impact on the training and development of other employees OR
• [Name] is currently undergoing important internal training and missing time in that training would interfere with, and possibly delay, completion of it OR
• [Name] is currently on secondment to another employer for training purposes and missing time on that placement would interfere with, and possibly delay, completion of their training
• [Name] has to attend an important client meeting on [date] and this cannot be postponed OR
• The business would suffer severe financial loss as a result of [name]'s absence because [insert reason] OR
• [Specify other reason].

Please contact [name] if you have any questions or require any further information.