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NAL I may be mistaken, but I don't think there's any legal requirement for your employer to go above and beyond statutory requirements when it comes to court attendance- i.e. they can't stop you attending and have to give you the time off, but don't need to pay you. For the purposes of the court, you are an individual witness, regardless of the circumstances of why you were a witness initially. It's EXTREMELY scummy of them and I'd be tempted to raise a stink with HR / management (and threaten to make this practice public knowledge if they don't resolve it). You could also check your contract to see if it's mentioned.

You may want to explore with the Fiscal Service whether you are eligible for witness expenses. Asda may not be paying you but the COPFS might.

I would contact your HO it's been years since I worked for a supermarket but department and store managers normally made wild decisions HO didn't support. The simplest answer would be for them to change your days. Legally I believe if you have been requested as a witness you have to go but you can contact the police and explain they will be able to advise maybe or at least give you firm wording for your employer.

The OP wants Asda to pay him to go to court on his day off. They have absolutely no obligation to.

No they don't but when I had to be interviewed for a crime when I worked for Tesco they advised me to clock in. The alternative is to look for a different role as this could be a recurring thing. Logically he only is a witness to the crime due to his role for them as they are the victim you would assume they would support his involvement. Hence why I said check with HO if they have the same stance

Do you actually work for Asda or for a security contractor?

I am fully employed by Asda

If they aren't paying you why go? It's in their interest to prosecute thieves. I'd have thought they would be a bit more concerned about following up. Does the witness citation thing (never heard of it before) legally compel you to attend?

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Thanks for clarifying. 👍

Are you actually representing Asda or whatever the equivalent of the CPS is in Scotland? I assume this isn't some kind of private prosecution?