Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop*** Position Available In Jackson, Florida

$16.23
Per Hour
(Piece Rate)
Position range in Florida $12.85 – $15.08 Per hour Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop•(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Bascom, FL – 32423
Positions available: 72
Job #: 12479040

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

4/1/2025

Updated:

4/14/2025

Expires:

7/4/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Medium-term Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

2025-0544 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. 2 36 Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window.

CLEARED FOR

Florida statewide (intrastate)

CAREER CENTER REFERRALS ONLY. JOB SEEKERS

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“Apply for This Job” — INDIVIDUALS

INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW.

THE

EMPLOYER CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THIS JOB ORDER HAS BEEN

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SUPPRESSED

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TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 2025-0544 A.

This is an Agricultural Labor Program Clearance for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.

ALL QUALIFIED UNITED STATES DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND FOREIGN WORKERS WITH VALID WORK VISAS

)

INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED. B.

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency career center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a career center provides program guarantees and protections that may not be available to a worker not referred. Workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to the employer location to begin work. The employer may use the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a State Workforce Agency should report to a career center between 5 and 9 work days before the job start date to verify the job start date is the same. Failure to do so may disqualify the worker from the assurances of this Job Order.

Location:

The work sites are in Jackson County. The housing is located in Marianna, Florida (Jackson County). D.

Job Offer:

72 general farmworkers
Harvest watermelon and field care. Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Must be able to lift 50lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50lbs. in field. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic devices during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Pay. Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $16.23 per hour.
¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$16.23 per hour guarantee.

Piece Rate:

See Clearance Order.
Higher piece rates may be offered based on grove and market conditions. Alternate work may be offered at the Adverse Effect Wage Rate of $16.23 per hour.

Bonus:

None.
Pay is: Weekly.
Employer provides tools/equipment.

Withholding:

Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, State Income Tax if required, and any deductions agreed to with worker.
Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order. E. Contract period is June 15, 2025 through July 23, 2025.

Days/Hours:

Monday through Saturday 6 hours per day.
Work may be offered but not required on Sundays and holidays. Extra work hours may be offered based on weather and other conditions. F. Employer will refund workers living outside commuting distance the reasonable transportation and subsistence costs to report for the first day of work on the 50% date. Will provide workers who complete the contract period the reasonable cost of transportation and subsistence to return to place of recruitment or to report to the next H-2A job. G. Housing and Board.

Housing:

Will provide free housing for workers who arrive from outside daily commuting distance.
Family housing is not available.
Meals (Board):
Per 655.122(g), the employer will provide three (3) meals per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and will charge the workers up to $15.88 per day, for the workers residing in the housing facility, subject to change with the publication of new rates by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification in the Federal Register. The employer will provide free transportation once per week to and from the laundry facility and store to obtain other necessities.
Housing meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. Rules regarding living accommodations will be found in the Clearance Order. Transportation provided by the employer meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. H. Prohibition against preferential treatment of aliens: The employer’s job offer must offer to U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers. Job offers may not impose on U.S. workers any restrictions or obligations that will not be imposed on the employer’s H-2A workers. This does not relieve the employer from providing to H-2A workers at least the same level of minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions which must be offered to U.S. workers. I. Mandatory 653.501(A)

Statement:

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service as a no-fee labor exchange, that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the state agencies are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the Job Service constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a state age is in any way a party. Help for Employer Information. Opens a new window.