This position is for 10 landscape laborers to work in a fulltime/temporary capacity in Oakland and Livingston County in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI areas from March 1, 2025 until December 31, 2025 for Amour’ Landscaping. Workers will perform general and standard landscaping duties during warmer weather months. Repairing any damage to customer’s lawns and commercial properties due to snow removal equipment, pulling all snow
markers from driveways of serviced properties. Spring clean up of properties involving picking up fallen limbs, branches and trees, clearing all beds and walkways of winter debris. Spring shrub trimming commences shortly afterwards, with bushes and perennials being trimmed to shape for a neat appearance and maximum bloom time in the Summer. Irrigation start up is completed around the same time, with lines being inspected for any Winter damage, repaired, tested and turned on.
Mulching of beds and common areas of both our residential and commercial customers takes place in the late Spring. Lawn maintenance and lawn cutting commences Spring throughout the Summer until late Fall/early Winter.
Hardscape work - Operate skid steer, excavator, dingo, tractor and block saw. Help with loading and fetching materials, block feeder, grading, digging, trenching, demolition, prep work, painting, lay block, boulders, brick and pavers. Softscape Work - Operate mower, weed whip, leaf blower, trimmer. Help with
grading, digging, trenching, demolition, prep work. Weeding, planting, shrub trimming, snow shoveling.
Must be able to push, pull, carry, and use necessary machinery that is standard to the duties. Mowers, weed eaters, blowers, shovels, etc.
If worker cannot physically do so, then worker will be unable to perform the duties.
Workers will be provided the necessary tools and equipment at no charge. Workers will be part of a team and will not be in supervisory roles. Worker day/hours may vary, dependent on projects, weather, etc., but Employer expects a M-F 9:00am – 5:00pm work schedule at a rate of $18.99 regular and overtime as necessary at a rate of $28.49. The worker will be paid at least every two weeks. Employer will make all deductions from worker’s pay as required by law. At the option of the employee, employer may provide housing at a reasonable rate that will depend on exact living arrangement. Employer will use a single work week as its standard for computing wages. Employer will reimburse H-2B worker in the first week for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other fees as required by law. If worker travels from abroad, travel expenses will be reimbursed. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, 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, if earlier, 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 a subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts. Employer will provide all tools, supplies, and equipment necessary to complete the assigned duties.
Worker is offered employment for a total number of hours equal to at least ¾ of the workdays for each 12 week period, if the period of employment is 120 or more days, or each 6 week period, if the period of employment is less than 120 days.
Inquire at your nearest Michigan Works office, located at 1240 Packard Drive, Howell, MI 48843. Ph: 5175467450 or closest office found here: http://www.michiganworks.org/about-michigan-works/one-stop-service-centers/.
The Employer for this position is Amour Landscaping. Address: 245 Mason Rd., Howell, MI 48843. Ph: 8102319717. Email: [email protected]
