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) 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.  

SUMMARY OF JOB OFFER (See Clearance Order/Employer’s Form ETA 790A for full details.) 

Location: Worksites are in Polk, Hillsborough, and Manatee Counties in Florida.

Housing is in Plant City, Polk County, Florida.    

D. Job Offer: Supervisors will pick up workers, take them to worksites, supervise field workers and shuttle drivers, field walk, and drive workers back to their housing. They will also assist with simple daily vehicle maintenance checks (DOT pre-trip inspections) and timekeeping. Supervision duties include demonstrating to field workers how to perform the different tasks properly and providing daily instruction to workers. During blueberry season, they will be responsible for filling water jugs with drinking water for the workers each morning and ensuring field sanitation measures are maintained throughout the day. Other duties may sporadically include loading and unloading berries. Supervisors may take workers once a week to the grocery store and to the laundromat. Must have or be able to obtain immediately a farm labor contractor license. Background check and random drug testing will be post-hire at employer's expense. Any crew leader (farm labor contractor) employed under this job order must have a valid state and federal Farm Labor Contractor Certificate of Registration and must abide by all the requirements of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). The employer understands that
they are responsible for assuring that all conditions of this agreement are met regardless of any acts or omissions of the crew leader. 

Pay: Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) - $16.23 per hour. ¾ Guarantee is in effect. Wage Offer: $28.06 per hour. Piece Rates: See Employer’s Form ETA 790A. 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 November 10, 2025 to April 10, 2026. Hours: 43 hours per week. Days/Hours: Monday thru Saturday 6 hours per day. 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.
Housing: Will provide free housing for workers who arrive from outside daily commuting distance. Family housing is not available. Meals (Board): Employer will provide a free and convenient kitchen and transport workers to a grocery store at least once per week. Workers will purchase and prepare their own meals. 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 H-2A workers: 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 Statement: In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service office as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs 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 office constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party.

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