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Florist Store & DriversIncludes service away from store premises such as the floral decoration of homes, churches or other buildings for weddings, banquets and parties.
Description
Code 8001 applies to establishments principally engaged in the wholesale or retail sale of fresh cut flowers, potted plants, bushes, shrubs, trees, wreaths, leaves and branches of natural vegetation, bulbs, and floral arrangements, including incidental florist supplies and accessories.
This classification also applies to establishments engaged in the wholesale or retail sale of fresh fruits and/or vegetables that are cut up and assembled into an arrangement. These stores may also dip the fresh fruit into chocolate that will be used in the arrangement.
This classification additionally includes plant scaping operations. Plant scaping refers to maintenance of living plants inside a customer’s premises. These plants are typically potted. They may be used to decorate malls, offices, hotels or other commercial enterprises as well as residential locations. These plants are not to be confused with trees, shrubs, bushes, hedges or other plants that are growing outdoors in soil. Plant scaping duties take place indoors and include watering, fertilizing, trimming and spraying of indoor plants.
Assignment by Analogy
Edible fruit and/or vegetable floral type arrangements – wholesale or retail & drivers
Operations to be Separately Rated
Dealers principally engaged in the sale of garden supplies such as flower pots, fertilizer, sod, birdbaths, statuary with incidental potted plants, trees, shrubs, bulbs, and grass seed are assigned to the “NOC” store classification, depending on whether the sales are principally retail or wholesale. Refer to Code 8017 “Retail Store – NOC – No Service of Food” and Code 8018 “Wholesale Store – NOC.”
The growing of flowers and potted plants in green houses or fields operated by the employer. Refer to Code 0035 “Florist – Cultivating or Gardening & Drivers.”
Operations performed on the premises of customers such as the planting or care of lawns, gardens, trees, shrubs, landscaping or other similar operations. Refer to Code 0042 “Landscaping Gardening – All Operations to Completion & Drivers.”
Nursery operations. Refer to Code 0005 “Nursery Employees & Drivers.”