YOUTH EMPLOYMENT: STUDENTS S.B. 25:
COMMITTEE SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 25 (as introduced 1-27-09)
Sponsor: Senator Tony Stamas
Committee: Economic Development and Regulatory Reform
Date Completed: 4-28-09
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Youth Employment Standards Act to provide that a 16- or 17-year-old student could not work more than 20 hours in one week when school was in session. Currently, when school is in session, a student who is 16 or 17 may not work a combined school and work week of more than 48 hours.
The Act also provides that a minor who is 16 or older may not work more than six days in one week; 10 hours in one day; or "a period longer than a weekly average of 8 hours per day or 48 hours in 1 week". Under the bill, the last provision would be changed to "an average of 8 hours per day in 1 week".
MCL 409.111 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on local government. There are no data to indicate how many offenders would be convicted of violating the proposed changes to the Youth Employment Standards Act. As a rule, a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to one year, a maximum fine of $500, or both. Local governments would incur the costs of misdemeanor probation and incarceration in local facilities, which vary by county. Additional penal fine revenue would benefit public libraries.
The bill would have no fiscal impact on the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.
Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander
Elizabeth Pratt
Maria Tyszkiewicz
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb25/0910