Farm Worker General
Employer: J L Farms LLC
Location: Jeanerette, LA
Workers needed: 25
Pay: $10.42/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 11, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
We plan to stagger workers. Prepare ponds: check and maintain water levels. Harvest crawfish: cut fish for bait, check traps, re-bait, repair traps. Maintain levee and fields using mower, weed eater, leaf blowers. Bale hay. Bush hog with tractor. Repair levees, fences and farm buildings.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer housing has free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities for the workers that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. Workers are offered free transportation at least once a week to assure workers access to bank and to stores where they can purchase groceries and other needed articles.
The furniture includes-- sofa, dining table, chairs, beds, stove, refrigerator, laundry facilities. Cooking and eating utensils are provided. All linens, towels, sheets, pillows, etc. are provided. Utilities, electricity, water, etc. are also provided. Housing is provided at no cost to workers who are not reasonably able to return the same day to their place of residence. Housing is provided to employees only. Family housing is not provided and is not a prevailing practice in the area of employment. Group housing with shared kitchens and common areas, separate sleeping and bath areas will be provided.
Transport: J L Farms LLC will arrange and pay for all the worker’s reasonable costs for transportation, food, lodging between the places from which the worker comes to work for the employer to the employer's worksite. The amount of daily subsistence will be the current amount of reimbursement for daily travel subsistence. The amount the employer will pay for transportation and necessary lodging will be no more and no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier costs.
Experience wanted: 0 months
Work entire contract period and hours described.
Able to drive tractor with farm implements attached. Must provide proof of eligibility to work in United States.
Workers (covered by this application) will only drive on farm property, such as in fields and will not drive trucks off farm property such as on county roads, state or intrastate highways. A drivers license is not required to drive farm trucks on farm access roads or to drive farm implements,tractors etc.
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