Your Contract with Team Corn

Below is a copy of the agreement you'll sign with Team Corn (maybe you already have). It is designed to help our detasselers have the most successful season possible. If you have any questions about it, please let us know.

Our Agreement

How you are Paid: Each work day all detasselers are evaluated on their performance by the crew leader.

Each detasseler will be put into one of ten pay levels.

1. $7.25  (Per hour)
2. $7.50  
3. $7.75
4. $8.00
5. $8.25
6. $8.50
7. $8.75
8. $9.00
9. $9.25
10. $9.50
11. $9.75
12. $10.00

Detasselers can from day to day move from one pay level to another depending on their work performance. Their performance is based on:

• Speed - how quickly they complete their rows.
• Quality - percent of properly pulling tassels on their rows.
• Helping out - Being a "team member" as requested

The faster you pull, the better quality you show, and the more you help out: the higher pay level you can reach. Those detasselers who work less than half of all the work days available to their particular crew will only earn minimum wage.

Attendance Bonus: An attendance bonus of $.50 cents per hour, for all their detasseling hours, for detasselers that attend every day that their crew is required to work. An attendance bonus of $.25 cents per hour, for all their detasseling hours, for detasselers that miss only one day. This payment will be sent within three weeks from the last day worked by the crews in your area.

Travel Pay: For detasselers’ convenience, transportation to and from the fields is provided. There is no pay for travel time unless a crew is asked to travel outside their normal work area and that trip is longer than 90 minutes from their individual pick up site. If travel time is determined to be paid, it will be for only one way. Travel time is paid between fields during the day. If detasselers choose to drive or to ride with another, Team Corn assumes no liability in the case of an accident.

Timing of Pay and Work: Pay for detasselers will be issued twice a month, with pay period ending on the 15^th and last day of the month and should be received within 8 days from the last day of the pay period. Any final payments will be sent within three weeks from the last day worked by the crews in your area. A detasseling season for a crew can be from 8 to 15 days in length (Monday through Sunday) and 6 to 8 hours per day. Crews generally start picking up detasselers at 5:30am and return between 1:00 to 4:00pm. The detasseling season generally starts between July 5^th and 15^th. No specific amount of work can be guaranteed since a season length depends on corn growth, weather, and other variables not under our control.

Other Issues: Taxes will be withheld as required by local, state, and federal regulations. Workers’ Compensation insurance will be provided for any work-related injuries during the course of employment. Crews work in all conditions except overhead lightning, and are required to show up for each day regardless of early morning weather conditions. Team Corn wants detasselers to have a full and successful season. Detasselers should understand, however, that this agreement establishes an "at-will" employment relationship. Detasselers may be terminated or released for failure to satisfactorily perform the work, destructiveness, insubordination, not following directions, sexual harassment, abusive language, underage smoking, or other reasons considered sufficient by Team Corn

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