Job Title: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Duties: Entry level position. No experience required. Under close supervision and after training, workers will assist in the production and installation of mulch in landscapes and playgrounds. Carry and load limbs to chip/shred, rake leaves/debris, use blower to clean hard surfaces, trip small trees/shrubs from ground level. Maintain and clean equipment used each day.
Minimum Education Required: None.
Minimum Experience Required: None.
Work Hours & Days: Typically 40 H/W Mon-Fri, 8:00AM to 5:00 PM. however up to 20 hours per week in overtime hours may be offered and available to workers depending on production.
Anticipated Start Date of Job Opportunity: April 01, 2022
Anticipated End Date of Job Opportunity: November 30, 2022
Other requirements: Post-employment random drug testing and background checks may be required, at no cost to the worker. The job requires the applicant to be qualified, ready, willing, able, and available to perform during the entire employment at all the designated worksites; and to follow workplace rules.
FOUR: Geographic Area of Intended Employment:
Work at five Interstate Building Materials properties in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA MSA.
- 3000-3002 North Township Blvd, Pittston Township, PA 18640-3554
- 322 Laurel Street, Pittston Township, PA 18640
- 4949 Birney Avenue, Moosic, PA 18507
- 396-398 Pittston By-Pass, Pittston Township, PA 18640
- 329 Dunays Place, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
FIVE: Wage that the employer is offering:
Employer will pay the prevailing hourly wage as follows: $15.08, $22.62 OT
Merit increases and/or bonuses may be awarded at employer discretion.
(The wage offer will equal or exceed the highest of the prevailing wage or the Federal, State or Local minimum wage in effect during employment).
SIX: Overtime:
Equal Opportunity. Up to 20 hours per week in overtime hours may be offered and available to workers depending on production. Overtime, calculated and paid as per applicable regulations.
SEVEN: On the Job Training?
On-the-job training will be provided
EIGHT: Wage Computation.
The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due.
NINE: Pay Frequency:
Paid bi-weekly. A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. All deductions from the worker’s paycheck required by law will be made.
Work tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no extra cost
TEN: Board, Lodging, other facilities, including fringe benefits.
Employer will assist in securing affordable housing for all workers who do not maintain a residence within normal commuting distance of the worksite.
Housing will be on an optional basis. Workers may also secure their own housing.
It is expected that housing costs will range from $50 to $60 per week.
ELEVEN: Deductions from Pay:
Employer will make all deductions from the worker’s paycheck required by law. In addition, the employer intends to make the following deductions from the worker’s paycheck which are not required by law: NONE
For any workers who opt into the housing it is expected that the expense will range from $50 to $60 per week.
TWELVE: Initial transportation and subsistence.
If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will, consistent with applicable regulatory requirements, arrange and pay directly for transportation and subsistence. Daily subsistence will be provided either at a rate of $14.00 per day during travel without receipts to a maximum of $55.00 per day with receipts or the applicable USDOL mandated fee in effect on the date of travel.
THIRTEEN: Return transportation and subsistence.
Workers will be provided with or reimbursed for outbound transportation and subsistence consistent with applicable regulatory requirements if the employee completes the period of employment or is dismissed from employment before the end of the period of employment. If transportation is provided, it will be by common carrier land or air conveyance at the option of the employer. Daily subsistence will be provided either at a rate of $14.00 per day during travel without receipts to a maximum of $55.00 per day with receipts or the applicable USDOL mandated fee in effect on the date of travel.
FOURTEEN: Daily Transportation to and from Worksite.
If employee housing is not onsite at the worksite, employer will provide daily transportation to and from housing to the worksite at no cost to the worker.
FIFTEEN: Reimbursement to H-2B worker of visa and other related fees.
H-2B workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).
SIXTEEN: Tools, Supplies and Equipment
The employer will provide to the worker, without charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned.
