Farmworkers and Laborers Position Available In Calhoun, Mississippi

$14.83
Per Hour
DOE (Depends on Experience) Farmworkers and Laborers
(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Slate Springs, MS – 38916
Positions available: 10
Job #: 12482547

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

4/23/2025

Updated:

4/23/2025

Expires:

6/7/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

I-2025-0987

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. I-2025-0987 A.

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

ALL QUALIFIED U.S. DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND NON-CITIZENS WITH VALID WORK AUTHORIZATION

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

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency (SWA) 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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a SWA 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. Worksites are located in Calhoun county in Mississippi. The housing is in Calhoun City in Mississippi. D.

Job Offer:

10 general farmworkers. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from
time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees. General
field & fence maintenance. Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger with the use of nail
guns or hammer. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools (machete, hoes). Drain
water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. – Sweet Potatoes – Workers wills
assist with cutting potato slips by hand with a knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto
trucks. Dipping potato slips. Walk behind potato trans planter and fill in slips by hand. Ride the
mechanical trans planter and load slips in planting cups. De-vining plants by hand. Covering
beds with plastic. The workers may be asked to operate farm equipment such as forklift, skid
loader and the tractor to dig and transplant potatoes, in sweet potatoes’ fields. Workers with
driver license may be asked to drive workers from/to housing, worksite, and grocery store. Pay – Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $14.83 per hour guarantee. ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$14.83 per hour

Piece Rates:

See ETA 790.

Bonus:

None.

Pay is:

Weekly. Employer provides tools/equipment.

Withholding:

Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, and any deductions agreed to by the worker in writing. Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order. E. Contract period is May 16, 2025 to June 30, 2025.

Hours:

37 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Friday 6 hours per day and 7 hours on Saturday. 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:

See ETA 790. Meals (Board): See ETA 790. 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.