Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

This job is for work on a fruit ranch.

The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed. When the number of hours for a week exceeds the number listed, the worker may be offered, but not required, to work more hours. Saturday work may be required if crop or weather conditions exist and work tasks are necessary.
Employer-paid drug test is required if a worker has an accident at work.

Field work begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions.
Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvest process throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.
Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work every day that work is available for the full period of employment. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment.
Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues such as particular grading and or sizing.

Special Requirements

Paychecks
Paychecks are issued biweekly. Workers are responsible for following employers guidance on time keeping for payroll hours. It is forbidden to falsify time records, to clock in or out for another person or to ask someone to clock in or out on someone elses behalf. It is against company policy to pay cash; all pay is issued via company checks.
Pay Stubs
The employer will furnish to the worker on or before each payday a written statement showing the workers total earnings, hourly rate, piece rate, hours of work offered, hours worked, itemization of deductions, units produced if paid by piece rate, beginning and ending dates of pay period, employers name, employers address and employers Federal Identification number in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(k).