Temporary Landscape Laborer
Phoenix Landscape Of Charleston Inc
Goose creek,
South carolina,
United States
Other
H-2B
Job posted on March 10, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Duties: Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Lay sod, mow, trim/edge, plant, weeding, watering, rake, blow leaves; use a hand shovel to dig holes for installing plants, trees, shrubs, or irrigation systems; spread seed, fertilizer and mulch; works on the ground to prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges using shears, pruners, or chain saws; core aerating; sprinkler installation/repair, installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Maintain equipment to ensure proper functioning.
No minimum education or experience required.
Must be able to lift/carry up to 75 lbs.
Must be able to work outdoors in all types of weather conditions.
Criminal background check required, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.
Drug test required pre-employment, post-employment random and on suspicion, and post-accident/incident, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.
Applicants must complete an employment application.
Required uniform shirt provided at no charge to the worker.
The employer will offer 37 hours of work per week. Normal schedule Monday-Thursday 7am-5pm. Shift includes 45 minutes unpaid lunch break. Work on Fridays and weekends may be required. Workdays, hours and shift time may vary depending on weather conditions.
Basic rate of pay $18.21 per hour. Employer may increase wage based on experience, market conditions, and/or provide additional pay for performance and tenure.
Overtime may be available. An overtime premium will be paid when required by Federal, State, or local law, including at time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Generally, when overtime is available it will be paid at $27.32 per hour.
Workers will be provided with on-the-job training to perform the duties assigned.
The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Workers will be paid biweekly.
The employer will make all deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law.
Optional employee shared housing, including basic utilities, is available at approximately $110 per week per person. The cost of housing will be deducted from the workers’s paycheck if worker elects.
The employer may also make the following pay deductions, if worker elects: cash advances and repayment of loans, repayment of over payment of wages to the worker, payment for articles which the worker has voluntarily purchased from the employer, long distance telephone charges, recovery of any loss to the employer due to the worker's damage (beyond normal wear and tear) or loss of equipment where it is shown that the worker is responsible, and any other reasonable deductions expressly authorized by the worker in writing. No deduction not required by law will be made that brings the workers hourly earnings below the FLSA Federal statutory minimum wage.
The employer will provide daily transportation from the main worksite to and from all worksite locations
If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for worker’s reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker’s voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68 per day with receipts. If necessary, employer will reimburse worker within first pay period for approved cost of meals and lodging at the applicable exchange rate, not to exceed reasonable costs. Receipts must be submitted.
The employer will reimburse H-2B workers in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).
The employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform job. The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.
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No minimum education or experience required.
Must be able to lift/carry up to 75 lbs.
Must be able to work outdoors in all types of weather conditions.
Criminal background check required, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.
Drug test required pre-employment, post-employment random and on suspicion, and post-accident/incident, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.
Applicants must complete an employment application.
Required uniform shirt provided at no charge to the worker.
The employer will offer 37 hours of work per week. Normal schedule Monday-Thursday 7am-5pm. Shift includes 45 minutes unpaid lunch break. Work on Fridays and weekends may be required. Workdays, hours and shift time may vary depending on weather conditions.
Basic rate of pay $18.21 per hour. Employer may increase wage based on experience, market conditions, and/or provide additional pay for performance and tenure.
Overtime may be available. An overtime premium will be paid when required by Federal, State, or local law, including at time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Generally, when overtime is available it will be paid at $27.32 per hour.
Workers will be provided with on-the-job training to perform the duties assigned.
The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Workers will be paid biweekly.
The employer will make all deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law.
Optional employee shared housing, including basic utilities, is available at approximately $110 per week per person. The cost of housing will be deducted from the workers’s paycheck if worker elects.
The employer may also make the following pay deductions, if worker elects: cash advances and repayment of loans, repayment of over payment of wages to the worker, payment for articles which the worker has voluntarily purchased from the employer, long distance telephone charges, recovery of any loss to the employer due to the worker's damage (beyond normal wear and tear) or loss of equipment where it is shown that the worker is responsible, and any other reasonable deductions expressly authorized by the worker in writing. No deduction not required by law will be made that brings the workers hourly earnings below the FLSA Federal statutory minimum wage.
The employer will provide daily transportation from the main worksite to and from all worksite locations
If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for worker’s reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker’s voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68 per day with receipts. If necessary, employer will reimburse worker within first pay period for approved cost of meals and lodging at the applicable exchange rate, not to exceed reasonable costs. Receipts must be submitted.
The employer will reimburse H-2B workers in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).
The employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform job. The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.