Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-237a: Permission for juror to be absent.

Any juror summoned to appear may, in the discretion of the judge of the court to which he is summoned, be permitted to absent himself from the court until a jury on which he may be serving is being impaneled if the judge is satisfied that the juror will return pursuant to the direction of the court. The juror shall not be compensated as provided in section 51-247 for any day in which he is not directed to return.