Seasonal Dining Room Attendant

NOTICE OF THE JOB OPPORTUNITY  

Dining Room Attendant at Sails Restaurants LLC

Start Date: October 1, 2024

End Date: July 31, 2025

Job Description:

Sails Restaurants LLC d/b/a Sails Restaurant, Sava, and Omasava, located in Naples, Florida, seeks ten (10) full-time, temporary Dining Room Attendants who will be responsible for polishing glasses, polishing silverware and plates, polishing brass and copper, setting up and breaking down restaurant (moving tables and chairs) cleaning of dining room, bar, and patio, checking and maintaining restrooms during service, cutting and serving bread, running food and drinks, mixing and serving both alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages per company recipes during service, operating and cleaning coffee station, restocking, cleaning and maintaining coffee station, receiving, maintaining, ironing and folding linen, greeting and seating guests, resetting tables, filling water pitchers and marking trays, receiving and restocking dry goods and wines, updating wine lists, maintaining and organizing storage rooms and par levels, and following Sails Restaurants’ Steps of Service SOP.  Will report directly to the Operations Manager at Sails Restaurants.  

This is a temporary, full- time peak load position & we are looking to ?ll 10 job openings at 301 5^th Ave S Naples, FL 34102 with an anticipated start date of October 1, 2024 and ending July 31,2025.

Terms and Conditions of Employment:

Employer will consider for employment any applicant who possesses at least three (3) months of experience in a fine-dining or high-volume environment at a high-end restaurant, resort, or private club.

Applicant must complete pre-employment background check and drug screening.

Travel is not required. Daily transportation to and from worksite is not provided. Housing is not offered

Wage: $14.33 per hour, at least 40 hours a week. If applicable overtime rate of pay is at $21.50 per hour. 

Tipped position with a guaranteed wage: $14.33 per hour, paid bi-weekly. If the Dining Room Attendant workers will be compensated through service charges, the Employer has classified this position as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) under its Section 207(i) overtime exemption. This means Dining Room Attendant  workers under this application are not eligible for overtime compensation for every hour worked over 40 in a work week so long as: (1) the regular rate of pay exceeds one and a half times the federal minimum wage for every hour worked in a workweek in which overtime hours are worked; and (2) during a three-month representative period, at least half of the total earnings consist of service charges. This exemption will remain in effect so long as the Dining Room Attendant workers continue to work in the position and continue to be compensated through service charges.

Wage paid is based on Sails Restaurants’ Point Advancement System. Increases in the hourly rate beyond the guaranteed minimum rate are directly correlated to Petitioner’s Points Advancement Policy whereas points are determined by correct communication, skill, and knowledge.  A series of sixteen (16) extensive practical and written tests taken in English, will be testing product and service knowledge as well as speed of service. These tests are available to take over the duration of your employment.

Work schedule can vary and can include evening, weekend, and holiday hours.  Work may be performed on any day of the week from Monday through Sunday.  Example shifts: 10:00am to 6:00pm and 3:00pm to 11:00pm.  Shift hours may vary.

Employer guarantees to offer work for a total number of hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.

A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. 

Additional optional benefits may be offered to worker, for worker’s sole benefit, including medical, dental, and vision. If voluntarily elected by worker, costs/contributions will be deducted from paycheck.

Employer will make all payroll deductions required by law and will not make any deductions which are not required by law unless optional benefits are elected by worker.

Employer will provide to the worker, without charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned.

On Job Training:

Applicant will also be required to complete on the job training and testing as well as following the Sails Restaurants detailed steps of service. Please note that while materials are available online for training, reviewing these training materials is not mandatory outside of work hours as on-the-job training is provided.

Transportation: 

H-2B workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government, incurred by the H-2B worker (excluding passport expenses or other charges primarily for the benefit of the worker).

The Employer will reimburse the H-2B worker for the subsistence and transportation expenses incurred by the worker when traveling to the employer's worksite from the workers' place of recruitment.  Employer will reimburse the travel expenses and subsistence rate no later than the time workers complete 50 percent of the period covered by the job order consistent with 655.20(j)(l}(i).

Employer will provide or pay for the workers cost of return transportation and daily subsistence from the place of employment to the place from which the worker, disregarding intervening employment, departed to work for the employer, if the worker completes the certified period of employment or is dismissed from employment for any reason by the employer before the end of the period consistent with 655.20(j)(l}(ii).

The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. The amount for daily subsistence will be at least $15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts.

Inquire or send applications, indications of availability, and/or resumes to the Florida State Workforce Agency, 3050 Horseshoe Drive North, Building A, Suite 110, Naples, FL, 34104, (239) 436-4301. Job Order 12427063

Apply online on the company  careers page at: https://www.sailsrestaurants.com/page/careers.html   or apply via phone at 1 239-360-2000.