(a) In view of the statutorily established basic function of the job
service as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing
together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the State
agencies 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 JS constitute a contractual job offer
to which the ETA or a State agency is in any way a party. Nevertheless,
if the ETA or a State agency discovers that
an employer's job order contains a material misrepresentation, the
procedures of subpart F of part 658 of this chapter shall be followed.
(b) Intrastate and interstate job orders shall include the language
of the first two sentences of paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) No local office or State agency shall place into intrastate or
interstate clearance any job order seeking workers to perform
agricultural or food processing work before reviewing it pursuant to
paragraphs (d) or (e) of this section, as applicable.
(d) No local office shall place a job order seeking workers to
perform agricultural or food processing work into intrastate clearance
unless:
(1) The job order does not contain an unlawful discriminatory
specification by race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or
mental or physical status unrelated to job performance (handicap);
(2) The employer has signed the job order and the job order states
all the material terms and conditions of the employment, including:
(i) The crop;
(ii) The nature of the work;
(iii) The anticipated period and hours of employment;
(iv) The anticipated starting and ending date of employment and the
anticipated number of days and hours per week for which work will be
available;
(v) An assurance that:
(A) The employer will provide to workers referred through the
clearance system the number of hours of work cited in paragraph
(d)(2)(iv) of this section for the week beginning with the anticipated
date of need, unless the employer has amended the date of need at least
10 working days prior to the original date of need (pursuant to
paragraph (d)(2)(xiii) of this section) by so notifying the order-
holding office. The State agency shall make a record of this
notification and shall attempt to inform referred migrant workers of the
change in accordance with the following procedure:
(B) All workers referred through the clearance system, farm labor
contractors on behalf of migrant workers or family heads on behalf of
migrant family members referred through the clearance system shall be
notified to contact a local job service office, preferably the order-
holding office, to verify the date of need cited no sooner than 9
working days and no later than 5 working days prior to the original date
of need cited on the job order; and that failure to do so will
disqualify the referred migrant worker from the assurance provided in
paragraphs (a) and (d) of this section.
(C) If the worker referred through the clearance system contacts a
local office (in any State) other than the order holding office, that
local office shall assist the referred worker in contacting the order
holding office on a timely basis. Such assistance shall include, if
necessary, contacting the order holding office by telephone or other
timely means on behalf of the worker referred through the clearance
system.
(D) If the employer fails to notify the order-holding office at
least 10 working days prior to the original date of need the employer
shall pay eligible (pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section) workers
referred through the clearance system the specified hourly rate of pay,
or in the absence of a specified hourly rate of pay, the higher of the
Federal or State minimum wage for the first week starting with the
originally anticipated date of need.
(E) Employers may require workers to perform alternative work if the
guarantee in this section is invoked and if such alternative work is
stated on the job order.
(F) For the purposes of this assurance, ``working days'' shall mean
those days that the order-holding local office is open for public
business.
(vi) The hourly wage rate or the piece rate estimated in hourly wage
rate equivalents for each activity and unit size;
(vii) Any deductions to be made from wages;
(viii) A specification of any non-monetary benefits to be provided
by the employer;
(ix) Any hours, days or weeks for which work is guaranteed, and, for
each guaranteed week of work except as provided in paragraph (d)(2)(v)
of this section, the exclusive manner in which the grarantee may be
abated due
to weather conditions or other acts of God beyond the employer's
control;
(x) Any bonus or work incentive payments or other expenses which
will be paid by the employer in addition to the basic wage rate,
including the anticipated time period(s) within which such payments will
be made. No such payments, however, shall be made contingent upon the
worker continuing employment beyond the period of employment specified
in the job order or, in the case of any worker with children, beyond the
time needed to return home for the beginning of the school year;
(xi) An assurance that no extension of employment beyond the period
of employment specified in the job order shall relieve the employer from
paying the wages already earned, or if specified in the job order as a
term of employment, providing transportation or paying transportation
expenses to the worker's home;
(xii) Assurances that the working conditions comply with applicable
Federal and State minimum wage, child labor, social security, health and
safety, farm labor contractor registration and other employment-related
laws;
(xiii) An assurance that the employer will expeditiously notify the
order-holding local office or State agency by telephone immediately upon
learning that a crop is maturing earlier or later, or that weather
conditions, over-recruitment or other factors have changed the terms and
conditions of employment. For orders submitted in conjunction with
requests for foreign workers, an assurance that the employer will
follow-up the telephone notification in writing.
(xiv) An assurance that the employer, if acting as a farm labor
contractor (``FLC'') or farm labor contractor employee (``FLCE'') on the
order, has a valid FLC certificate or FLCE identification card; and
(xv) An assurance of the availability of no cost or public housing
which meets the Federal standards and which is sufficient to house the
specified number of workers requested through the clearance system. This
assurance shall cover the availability of housing for only those
workers, and, when applicable, family members who are unable to return
to their residence in the same day.
(xvi) An assurance that outreach workers shall have reasonable
access to the workers in the conduct of outreach activities pursuant to
Sec. 653.107.
(3) The job order contains all the material terms and conditions of
the job, and the employer assures that all items therein are actual
conditions of the job by signing the following statement: ``This job
order describes the actual terms and conditions of the employment being
offered by me and contains all the material terms and conditions of the
job'';
(4) The wages and working conditions offered are not less than the
prevailing wages and working conditions among similarly employed
agricultural workers in the area of intended employment or the
applicable Federal or State minimum wage, whichever is higher. If the
wages offered are expressed as piece rates or as base rates and bonuses,
the employer shall make the method of calculating the wage and
supporting materials available to JS staff who shall check if the
employer's calculation of the estimated hourly wage rate is reasonably
accurate and is not less than the prevailing wage rate or applicable
Federal or State minimum wage, whichever is higher;
(5) The employer has agreed to provide or pay for the transportation
of the workers and their families on at least the same terms as
transportation is commonly provided by employers in the area of intended
employment to agricultural workers and their families recruited from the
same area of supply;
(6) JS staff have determined, through a preoccupancy housing
inspection performed by JS staff or other appropriate public agencies,
that the housing assured by the employer is in fact available, and meets
the full set of standards set forth at 20 CFR part 654, subpart E which
details applicable housing standards and contains provisions for
conditional access to the clearance system; except that mobile range
housing for sheepherders shall meet existing Departmental guidelines;
and
(7) The local office and employer have attempted and have not been
able to obtain sufficient workers within the local labor market area, or
the local
office anticipates a shortage of local workers.
(e) No state agency shall place a job order seeking workers to
perform agricultural or food processing work with interstate clearance
unless:
(1) The job order meets the requirements set forth at paragraphs
(d)(1) through (d)(6) of this section;
(2) The State agency and the employer have attempted and have not
been able to locate sufficient workers within the state, or the State
agency anticipates a shortage of workers within the State; and
(3) The order has been reviewed and approved by the ETA regional
office within 10 working days after receipt from the State agency, and
the Regional Administrator has approved the areas of supply to which the
order shall be extended. Any denial by the Regional Administrator shall
be in writing and set forth the reasons for the denial.
(f) (1) The local office shall use the agricultural clearance form
prescribed by ETA, and shall see that all necessary items on the form
are completed, including items on attachments to the form prescribed by
ETA.
(2) (i) The original of an interstate agricultural clearance form
shall be retained for the order-holding local office files. If the
clearance order is submitted in conjunction with a request for
certification of temporary alien agricultural workers, the procedures at
20 CFR 655.204(a) shall be followed. For other clearance orders, the
order-holding local office shall transmit a complete copy to the State
office. The State office shall distribute additional copies of the form
with all attachments except that the State agency may, at its
discretion, delegate this distribution to the local office, as follows:
(A) At least one clear copy to each of the State agencies selected
for recruitment (areas of supply);
(B) One copy to each applicant-holding ETA regional office;
(C) One copy to the order-holding ETA regional office; and
(D) One copy to the Regional Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement
Committee in the area of employment, Attn: ESA Regional Administrator.
(ii) Applicant-holding offices shall provide workers referred on
clearance orders with a checklist summarizing wages, working conditions
and other material specifications on the job order. Such checklists,
where necessary, shall be in English and Spanish. The checklist shall
include language notifying the worker that a copy of the complete order
is available for inspection. One copy of the form with all attachments
shall be available for inspection in the applicant-holding office and
the order-holding office. State agencies shall use a standard checklist
format provided by ETA unless a variance has been approved by the
Regional Administrator.
(iii) The applicant-holding office shall give each referred worker a
copy of a description of worker's rights developed by the National Farm
Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committee.
(g) The local office may place an intrastate or interstate order
seeking workers to perform agricultural or food processing work for a
specific farm labor contractor or worker preferred by the employer
provided the order meets JS nondiscrimination criteria. The order would
not meet such criteria, for example, if it requested a ``white male crew
leader'' or ``any white male crew leader.''
(h) In local offices which have been designated significant MSFW
bilingual offices by ETA, and in any other local office with bilingual
staff, bilingual (English-Spanish) staff shall assist all agricultural
workers, upon request, to understand the terms and conditions of
employment set forth in intrastate and interstate job orders and shall
provide such workers with checklists in Spanish showing wage payment
schedules, working conditions and other material specifications of the
job order.
(i) No agricultural or food processing order shall be included in
job bank listings available outside the local office commuting area
unless the order has been processed according to requirements for
intrastate or interstate clearance contained in this subpart. If the job
bank for the local office area incorporates offices beyond the local
office commuting area, the order may be included in the listing but must
be
clearly designated as prohibiting referral from outside the community
area, unless the requirements of this subpart are met.
(j) If the labor supply State agency accepts a clearance order, the
State agency shall actively recruit workers for referral. In the event a
potential labor supply State agency rejects a clearance order, the
reasons for rejection shall be documented and submitted to the Regional
Administrator having jurisdiction over the State agency. The Regional
Administrator will examine the reasons for rejection, and, if the
Regional Administrator agrees, will inform the Regional Administrator
with jurisdiction over the order-holding State agency of the rejection
and the justifiable reasons. If the Regional Administrator who receives
the notification of rejection does not concur with the reasons for
rejection, that Regional Administrator will so inform the USES
Administrator, who will make a final determination on the acceptance or
rejection of the order.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1205-0039)
(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.))
[45 FR 39466, June 10, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982]
