409.101 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “youth employment standards act”. History: 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978 Compiler’s Notes: For creation of bureau of worker’s and unemployment compensation within department of consumer and industry services; transfer of powers and duties of bureau of worker’s […]
409.102 Definitions. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) “Employ” means engage, permit, or allow to work. (b) “Employer” means a person, firm, or corporation that employs a minor, and includes the state or a political subdivision of the state, an agency or instrumentality of the state, and an agent of an employer. (c) […]
409.103 Employment of minor; prohibited occupations; minimum age; exceptions and limitations. Sec. 3. (1) A minor shall not be employed in, about, or in connection with an occupation that is hazardous or injurious to the minor’s health or personal well-being or that is contrary to standards established under this act, unless a deviation is granted […]
409.104 Employment of minor; copy of work permit or temporary permit required; issuance and filing of work permit; duration of temporary permit; oath; return of permit; exception to work permit requirement; evidence of age; exception in subsection (3) inapplicable to other provisions. Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a minor shall not […]
409.105 Work permit; application; examination, approval, and filing of papers. Sec. 5. An issuing officer 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 prospective employer or by […]
409.106 Work permit; form; color; contents; rules. 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 […]
409.107 Revocation of permit; factors; record of refusal, suspension, or revocation; informing minor of appeal process. Sec. 7. (1) The issuing officer 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 […]
409.108 Failure or refusal to issue work permit; appeal; procedure. Sec. 8. The failure or refusal of the issuing officer to issue a work permit may be appealed in accordance with Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, by the minor or by the parent or guardian of the minor applying […]
409.109 Work permit as evidence of age. 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. History: 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978 Compiler’s Notes: For creation […]
409.110 Minor under 16 years; days and hours of employment. Sec. 10. A minor under 16 years shall not be employed in an occupation subject to this act for more than 6 days in 1 week, nor for a period longer than a weekly average of 8 hours per day or 48 hours in 1 […]
409.111 Minor 16 years or older; days and hours of employment; definitions. 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. […]
409.112 Meal and rest period. 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. History: 1978, Act 90, […]
409.112a Employment of minor in occupation involving a cash transaction after sunset or 8 p.m. at fixed location; condition. 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 […]
409.113 Posting copy of MCL 409.110, 409.111, and 409.112; time record. 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 […]
409.114 Employment of minor in performance by performing arts organization; approval. 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 […]
409.114a Performing in or being subject to child abusive commercial activity. 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 […]
409.115 Employment of minor in establishment manufacturing, distributing, or selling alcoholic beverages. 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, […]
409.116 Exemption; minor 16 years of age completing requirements for graduation or high school equivalency; minor 17 years of age passing general educational development test; duty of employer. 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 […]
409.117 Exemption; emancipated minor; duty of employer. 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 […]
409.118 Exemption; minor 14 years of age employed under agreement or contract between employer and governing body of school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school. 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 […]
