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JDE can be an exempt-employee jury-duty code. Wage-and-hour exemptions and income-tax exemptions are different. The label does not make salary paid during jury duty tax-free.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Jury-duty leave for exempt employees alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
A full salary payment plus a jury-duty time record can describe one week’s wages rather than two payments.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Reconcile the salary row and absence record, and ask about any permitted offset for jury fees.
Compare related entries
Read the leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.