June 9, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Goike, Outman, Denby, LaFontaine, Shaughnessy, Shirkey, Callton, Cotter, Tyler, Huuki, Daley, Poleski, Pettalia, Franz, Genetski, Agema, Glardon, Foster, Kurtz, O'Brien, Lyons, Price, Zorn, Rendon, Jacobsen, MacGregor, Horn, Johnson, Hughes, Gilbert, Wayne Schmidt, Bumstead, Potvin, Hooker, Pscholka, Haveman, Townsend, Irwin, Ouimet, Dillon, Melton, Rutledge, Liss, Santana, Switalski, Meadows, Lindberg, Hovey-Wright, Tlaib, McMillin and Damrow and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled
"Youth employment standards act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 409.104), as amended by 2010 PA 221.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a minor
shall not be employed in an occupation regulated by this act until
the person proposing to employ the minor procures from the minor
and keeps on file at the place of employment a copy of the work
permit or a temporary permit. The work permit shall be issued by
the issuing officer of the school district, intermediate school
district, public school academy, or nonpublic school at which the
minor is enrolled, and a copy of the work permit shall be placed in
the minor's permanent school file for as long as the minor is
employed. A temporary permit is valid for 10 days from the date of
issue. A work permit may be issued by the school district in which
the minor's place of employment is located, or by the public school
academy or nonpublic school nearest that place of employment. An
issuing officer may administer oaths in relation to work permits.
(2) Immediately after the termination of the minor's
employment, the employer shall return the permit to the issuing
officer.
(3) The work permit requirement of subsection (1) does not
apply to any of the following:
(a) A minor 13 years of age or older who is employed in
farming operations involving detasseling, roguing, hoeing, or any
similar act involved in the production of seed. This exception
applies only when a minor is employed during school vacation
periods or when the minor is not regularly enrolled in school. An
employer shall keep on file at the place of employment evidence of
the age of any minor employed under this work permit exception.
Evidence of the age of the minor shall be established as provided
in section 5(b).
(b) A minor who is performing work as an unpaid volunteer for
an organization that is recognized as tax-exempt under, or whose
purposes, structure, or activities are exclusively those that are
described in, section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26
USC 501(c)(3).
(c) A minor who is performing work as an unpaid volunteer for
a fair or exhibition operated and managed under 1929 PA 11, MCL
46.151 to 46.153, or held by an agricultural or horticultural
society under 1855 PA 80, MCL 453.231 to 453.240.
(4) A work permit exception in subsection (3) does not provide
an exemption from any other provision of this act.