3 temporary, full-time landscaping & groundskeeping workers needed in Delaware and Chester Counties, PA, beginning on or about 04/01/2025 and ending on or about 12/01/2025.  Job duties include landscaping and maintaining grounds using hand or power tools or equipment.  All work is performed outdoors during all types of weather conditions.  Must be able to lift and carry 75#.  Must be able to lift 75# to shoulder height repetitively throughout the working day.  The minimum offered wage rate that workers will be paid is $19.76 per hour.  No minimum education requirement.  Requires 3 months verifiable work experience as Landscaping or Groundskeeping Worker I.  On-the-job training not available.  Expected working hours are 7AM to 3PM, Mon-Sat, with irregular hours, some overtime available but not guaranteed.  O-T hourly wage is $29.64.  Raises, bonuses, and/or incentive pay may be offered at the employer's sole discretion based on individual factors including but not limited to work performance, skill and tenure. Workers must commit to work the entire contract period.  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.  The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job.  Workers may be required to submit to random drug and alcohol testing at no cost to the worker.  The employer may make authorized deductions for repayment of cash advances or loans; repayment of overpayment of wages to the worker; payment for articles which the worker has voluntarily purchased from the employer; or, 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.  Transportation and subsistence to the place of employment will be provided, or its cost reimbursed, if the worker completes half the employment period.  Return transportation will be provided if the worker completes the employment period or is dismissed early by the employer.  Applicants should send resumes to William D. Conwell Inc., 113 Columbia Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, Fax # (610) 328-6665, or email wdconwellinc@aol.com, or inquire at PA Careerlink Delaware County at Chester City, 701 Crosby St, Ste B, Chester, PA 19013-6096, (610) 447-3350, or the nearest local office of their State Workforce Agency, and reference the job order number.

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment.  Workers typically perform a variety of tasks by hand, such as sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, digging, raking, sprinkler installation and repair.  May operate power tools and landscape equipment such as reel mowers, however most work is performed using manual hand tools such as shovels, rakes, and shears.  All work is performed outdoors during all types of weather conditions.  Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker.  Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination.  All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process.  Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work.  Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination.  Must be able to lift and carry 75 lbs.  Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the working day.  Requires minimum 3 months verifiable work experience as a Landscaping & Groundskeeping Worker I.  Workers must commit to work the entire contract period.

The employer will make the following deductions from the worker's wages:  FICA, Medicare and income taxes as required by law.  The employer may make authorized deductions required by law; made under a court order that are for the reasonable cost or fair value of board, lodging, and facilities furnished that primarily benefit the employee (if applicable) (board, lodging or other facilities are optional to the workers); that are amounts paid to third parties authorized by the employee or a collective bargaining agreement; repayment of cash advances or loans; repayment of overpayment of wages to the worker; payment for articles which the worker has voluntarily purchased from the employer; 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.  No deduction not required by law or primarily for the benefit of the employer will be made that brings the worker's hourly earnings below the highest of the prevailing wage, federal minimum wage, State minimum wage, or local minimum wage in effect at the time work is performed.

Workers will be paid weekly in cash or negotiable instrument payable at par.  The payment will be finally and unconditionally and "free and clear".  The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due.  On or before each payday employer will furnish workers one or more written earnings statements, which contain, at a minimum, (i) total earnings for the pay period; (ii) hourly rate and/or piece rate of pay; (iii) hours of employment offered to the worker (showing offers in accordance with the 3/4ths guarantee separate from any hours offered over and above the guarantee); (iv) hours actually worked by the worker; (v) itemization of all deductions from or additions to the worker's wages; (vi) if piece rates are used, the units produced daily; (vii) beginning and ending dates of the pay period; and, (viii) the employer's name, address and FEIN, all in compliance with 20 CFR § 655.20(i).

For those workers recruited from outside the area of intended employment who are not reasonably able to return to their residence each day, transportation and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed by the employer consistent with 20 CFR § 655.20(j)(1).  The amount of the transportation payment will be the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charge for the distances involved.  The amount of the daily subsistence payment shall be no less than the maximum meal charge under 20 CFR § 655.173(a), which is currently $15.88 per day up to $59 per day, until date of publication of an annual adjustment notice in the Federal Register.  These arrangements apply only to workers who are recruited from outside the area of intended employment who are not reasonably able to return to their residence each day.  If during the course of the certification period, there is administrative, legislative or judicial action inconsistent with employer's obligations disclosed hereunder, then, and in that event, the employer reserves the right to follow the new employer obligations as soon as they become effective.

For an alien admitted to work for the employer under an H-2B temporary visa, the employer will reimburse the alien worker on the regularly scheduled payday at the end of the first workweek after the worker arrives at the place of employment to commence work for the employer, all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees (including those mandated by the U.S. government) incurred by the H-2B worker, but not for passport expenses or other charges primarily for the benefit of the worker, in compliance with 20 CFR § 655.20(j)(2).

The employer agrees to abide by the H-2B regulations at 20 CFR part 655, subpart A.  The employer adopt