Title 409, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

Sec. 4a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), beginning on the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a minor must not be employed in an occupation regulated by this act unless all of the following requirement…

Sec. 4b. (1) The director shall create and maintain a registration system that does both of the following: (a) Allows a minor to register for employment or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to register the minor for employment. (b) Allows an employer to register to employ min…

Sec. 4c. (1) The director shall, based on the information in the registration system, create and maintain a database of employers that are authorized to employ minors under this act. The database must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be accessible to the public via the…

Sec. 4d. If an employer proposing to hire a minor receives notification via the registration system that the minor has registered for employment with the employer, the employer shall submit all of the following to the registration system before hiring the minor: (a) The name and …

Sec. 5. An issuing officer or the director, as applicable, shall issue a work permit on an application by the minor desiring employment and after the following papers have been examined, approved, and filed: (a) A statement of intention to employ the minor, signed by the prospect…

Sec. 6. (1) A work permit must be issued in the form prescribed by the department of education in cooperation with the department of labor and economic opportunity and in accordance with instructions so prescribed. A work permit issued to a minor under 16 years of age must clearl…

Sec. 7. (1) The issuing officer or the director, as applicable, may revoke a permit based solely on the following factors: (a) Poor school attendance, characterized by repeated erratic or unexcused absences, which results in consistent performance of school work at a level lower …

Sec. 8. The failure or refusal of the issuing officer or the director, as applicable, to issue a work permit may be appealed in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, by the minor who applied for the permit, the parent or gua…

Sec. 9. A work permit issued in accordance with this act shall be conclusive evidence of the age of the minor for whom issued in a proceeding involving the employment of the minor under this act.

Sec. 10. (1) A minor under 16 years of age whose employment is subject to this act may be employed only as follows: (a) During a time that is outside school hours. (b) For not more than 3 hours per day during a week when school is in session. (c) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9…

Sec. 11. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not employ a minor 16 years of age or older in an occupation subject to this act for more than any of the following periods: (a) Six days in 1 week. (b) An average of 8 hours per day in 1 week. (c) Ten hours in 1 d…

Sec. 12. A minor shall not be employed for more than 5 hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a meal and rest period. An interval of less than 30 minutes shall not be considered to interrupt a continuous period of work.

Sec. 12a. A minor who would otherwise be permitted under this act to be employed in an occupation subject to this act shall not be employed in an occupation that involves a cash transaction subject to this act after sunset or 8 p.m., whichever is the earlier, at a fixed location …

Sec. 13. (1) Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in or about the premises at which a minor is employed, a printed copy of sections 10, 11, and 12 as furnished by the department. (2) Each employer shall keep in or about the premises at which a minor is employed, an adequ…

Sec. 14. This act shall not prevent a minor from being employed in a performance by any performing arts organization if a letter of approval is obtained from the department of labor by the representative of the arts organization. Approval shall be issued only if the department of…

Sec. 14a. Except as provided in section 14, a minor shall not perform in or be a subject of a child abusive commercial activity as defined in section 145c of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 750.145c of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Sec. 15. (1) A work permit must not be issued authorizing the employment of a minor 16 years of age or older in, about, or in connection with that part of an establishment where alcoholic beverages are distilled, rectified, compounded, brewed, manufactured, bottled, consumed, sol…

Sec. 16. (1) This act does not apply to or prohibit the employment of a minor 16 years of age or older who has completed the requirements for graduation from high school or obtained a high school equivalency certificate. An employer, before employing the minor, shall obtain and k…

Sec. 17. This act shall not apply to nor prohibit the employment of an emancipated minor, as defined by section 4 of Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1968, as amended, being section 722.4 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. An employer, before employing the minor, shall obtain and ke…

Sec. 18. This act does not apply to or prohibit the employment of a student minor 14 years of age or older by an employer if a written agreement or contract is entered into between the employer and the governing body of the school district, public school academy, or nonpublic sch…

Sec. 18a. This act does not apply to a minor in his or her capacity as an ice hockey player for a junior ice hockey team that is a member of a regional, national, or international junior ice hockey league.

Sec. 19. (1) This act shall not apply to or prohibit a minor from engaging in any of the following activities: (a) Domestic work or chores in connection with a private residence. (b) Soliciting, distributing, selling, or offering for sale newspapers, magazines, periodicals, polit…

Sec. 20. (1) The director shall promulgate rules that do all of the following: (a) Prescribe standards that are not inconsistent with this act regarding the working conditions, safety, health, and personal well-being of minors in various types of employment. (b) Implement this ac…

Sec. 21. The department of labor shall enforce this act and assist in the prosecution of this act. The department shall have the authority to enter and inspect any place where a minor may be employed and to have access to work permits, age certificates, or other proof of age and …

Sec. 22. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3), a person who employs a minor in violation of this act, violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act, or obstructs the department of labor in the enforcement of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by im…

Sec. 23. (1) Act No. 157 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections 409.1 to 409.30 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed. (2) Section 1597 of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 380.1597 of the Compiled Laws is repealed.

Sec. 24. This act shall take effect June 1, 1978.