Empire Farm Labor Contractors, LLC. from Salinas, CA. is hiring 190 Temporary Farmworkers, Laborers, Crop from March 28, 2018 to December 31, 2018: 60 hours per week.

Workers will walk open fields, cutting romaine or iceberg lettuce from the ground, placing it on an equipment tray where a worker will cut damaged leaves from lettuce heads to ensure size and quality of product is perfect and then pack it into a box, once the box is full the worker will lift the box and push it onto the harvesting belt, bell peppers, corn, green beans, and strawberries will be picked, and boxed and workers will provide plant maintenance while picking. Some workers will work on and move irrigation pipes, thin and hoe weeds with a long handle hoe. Some will operate tractors/machinery. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Employer will train for two working days in the job duties. $13.18 (prevailing wage). Guarantee of 3/4 of the workdays. All work tools, supplies, and equipment furnished without cost to the worker. Free housing is provided to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the workday. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided or paid by the employer, with payment to be made no later than completion of 50% of the work contract.

Job order #15824538