Landscape Laborer

Job description

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Lay sod, mow, trim, plant, weeding, watering, dig holes with shovel, rake, blow leaves; spread grass seed, fertilizer and mulch; sprinkler installation/repair, installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Maintain equipment to ensure proper functioning. May drive company truck to transport crews, plants, materials and tools to/from or at worksites.

Employer will offer 40 hours of work per week, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, depending on weather conditions. Shift includes 1 hour unpaid break time. Possible work on Saturdays.

Basic wage rate: $16.30 per hour. Increased wage possible with experience. Additional pay possible for performance and tenure. Overtime hours may be available at $24.45 per hour.

We pay employees who perform the work that the H-2B employees perform on a daily rate, as permitted by 29 CFR 778.112. In such a week where overtime is worked, the employees would then be paid the additional half-time overtime premium for overtime hours. The additional half-time premium for overtime hours is permissible because the daily rate itself constitutes the straight time pay for all hours worked. For overtime hours, all that remains to be paid is the additional half-time. See 29 CFR 778.112, which says: "If the employee is paid a flat sum for a day's work or for doing a particular job, without regard to the number of hours worked in the day or at the job, and if he receives no other form of compensation for services, his regular rate is determined by totaling all the sums received at such day rates or job rates in the workweek and dividing by the total hours actually worked. He is then entitled to extra half-time pay at this rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in the workweek."

The employer will provide on-the-job training.

A single workweek will be used in computing wages due. Workers will be paid biweekly.

The employer will provide daily transportation from the main worksite in Alvarado to multiple worksite locations in Johnson, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and Tarrant counties.

The employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, equipment and uniform required to perform job.

Special Requirements

No minimum education or experience required.
Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
Must pass a post-employment criminal background check, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.
Applicants must complete an employment application.
Applicants must be able to work holidays and weekends as required.