Bill Text: MI SB0860 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; youth employment; waiver for work permit requirements; include volunteer activities. Amends sec. 4 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.104).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2010-12-29 - Assigned Pa 0221'10 With Immediate Effect [SB0860 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0860-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 860
September 23, 2009, Introduced by Senators ALLEN, BARCIA, KAHN, JANSEN, PAPPAGEORGE, KUIPERS and JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled
"Youth employment standards act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 409.104), as amended by 1996 PA 438.
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 shall be 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 a 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. The
work
permit exception provided in this subsection does not provide
an
exemption from any other provision of this act. 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).
(4) A work permit exception in subsection (3) does not provide
an exemption from any other provision of this act.
