Disabilities Jobs

Disability Jobs

Search Jobs from Disability Friendly Employers

Job Information

Arkansas Employer Farmworker in Dermott, Arkansas

This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4429959

Seasonal/Temporary work from 4/1/25 - 11/30/25.

Crops/Commodities: rice, corn, soybeans and milo.\ Plant, cultivate and harvest rice, corn, soybeans and milo by hand or machine. Most job duties will be performed primarily by hand (approximately 75%). Detassel corn by walking through fields and pulling tassel off plants as directed. Receive rice crop for drying and storage at drying facility. Clean and sanitize bins and worksite area. Load seed into hoppers. Install, operate, and maintain levee gates to regulate proper water depth. Rogue fields, sometimes while fields are flooded, and remove off-type varieties and other plants using hand tools as directed. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Operate agricultural equipment, farm vehicles and implements. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer\'s products and property. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Repair and maintain fences. Workers who have a valid driver\'s license and doctor\'s certificate may drive employer\'s vans or other transportation vehicles to transport workers and may be offered\ additional hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker\'s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.

Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker\'s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break.

TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers\' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker\'s performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer\'s reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein) or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers\' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer\'s property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage; (3) has treated company property (tools, equipment, crops, fixtures, etc.), with care and respect, avoiding damage or improper cleanliness or maintenance standards; (4) has timely and consistently followed instructions duly communicated by supervisors, crew leaders, and management personnel; (5) has complied with the employer\'s quality control standards for ensuring a marketable product; (6) is not repeatedly tardy or absent, has reported to work at the time and place\ instructed, and remained at work for the agreed-upon work hours, unless such absence was excused or the worker timely communicated and sought ap roval for any deviation from such schedule; (7) has consistently performed the duties assigned, in the manner instructed, and has not purposefully malingered or acted in a recalcitrant manner.

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the ES 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 ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party

DirectEmployers