Florida Regulations 5K-6.010: Grading Services for Shell Eggs
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(1) Definitions. As used in this rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Non-scheduled days means days not scheduled in the application for service.
(b) Department means the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(c) Non-resident location means a production site to which no full-time grader has been assigned, but the site has been previously approved for grading in accordance with the application for service.
(d) Full-time resident location means a production site to which a full-time grader has been assigned in accordance with an application for service requesting 40 or more hours of grading services per week.
(e) Part-time resident location means a production site where a part-time grader has been assigned to the site in accordance with an application for service requesting less than 40 hours of grading services per week.
(f) Regular shift differential means additional compensation of $2.00 per hour added to a grader’s regular hourly wage on a shift beginning after 3:00 p.m.
(g) Overtime shift differential means additional compensation of $9.00 per hour added to a grader’s overtime hourly wage on a shift beginning after 3:00 p.m.
(2) Pursuant to its authority under Florida Statutes § 583.052, to cooperate with and enter into agreements with various state and federal agencies, the department has entered a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture for the providing of a voluntary cooperative shell egg grading service.
(3) Under that agreement and to offset the cost of providing services to the producer who orders them, the department establishes the following schedule:
(a) Grader’s time per hour for:
1. Regular Hours
(b) Department means the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(c) Non-resident location means a production site to which no full-time grader has been assigned, but the site has been previously approved for grading in accordance with the application for service.
(d) Full-time resident location means a production site to which a full-time grader has been assigned in accordance with an application for service requesting 40 or more hours of grading services per week.
(e) Part-time resident location means a production site where a part-time grader has been assigned to the site in accordance with an application for service requesting less than 40 hours of grading services per week.
(f) Regular shift differential means additional compensation of $2.00 per hour added to a grader’s regular hourly wage on a shift beginning after 3:00 p.m.
(g) Overtime shift differential means additional compensation of $9.00 per hour added to a grader’s overtime hourly wage on a shift beginning after 3:00 p.m.
(2) Pursuant to its authority under Florida Statutes § 583.052, to cooperate with and enter into agreements with various state and federal agencies, the department has entered a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture for the providing of a voluntary cooperative shell egg grading service.
(3) Under that agreement and to offset the cost of providing services to the producer who orders them, the department establishes the following schedule:
(a) Grader’s time per hour for:
1. Regular Hours