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Section 409.105

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 90 of 1978


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 a person authorized by the prospective employer, setting forth the general nature of the occupation in which the employer intends to employ the minor, the hours during which the minor will be employed, the wages to be paid, and other information the department of education, in cooperation with the department of labor and economic opportunity, requires.
  (b) Evidence showing that the minor is of the age required by this act. Proof of age must be established by 1 of the following:
  (i) A certified copy of the birth record or any other proof of age showing the place and date of birth.
  (ii) A certified copy of valid operator's license issued by this state clearly showing date of birth.
  (iii) The school record or the school census record.
  (iv) The sworn statement of the minor's parent or guardian, together with a corroborating statement of a physician.
  (v) If documentary proof as described in subparagraphs (i) to (iv) is not obtainable, the issuing officer may accept other documentation as established by department of education rules.
  
  


History: 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 323, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Compiler's Notes: For creation of the new wage and hour division as a type II agency within the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of the former wage and hour division of the department of consumer and industry services, transferred to the bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, to the new wage and hour division within the department of labor and economic growth by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of wage hour division relative from department of licensing and regulation to department of education, see E.R.O. No. 2011-4, compiled at MCL 445.2030.




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