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SENATE BILL NO. 68
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
Introduced: 1/24/25
Referred: State Affairs, Labor and Commerce
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to employment; relating to voluntary flexible work hour plans; relating 1
to the employment of minors; and relating to hours worked by minors employed in the 2
state." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
* Section 1. AS 23.10.060(d)(14) is amended to read: 5
(14) work performed by an employee under a voluntary flexible work 6
hour plan that does not exceed 40 hours a week and 12 hours a day if
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(A) the employee and the employer have signed a written 8
agreement establishing the daily and weekly hours worked by the employee 9
under the plan and the written agreement has been filed with the department; 10
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(B) the department has issued a certificate approving the plan 12
[THAT STATES THE WORK IS FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK AND NOT 13
MORE THAN 10 HOURS A DAY]; for work exceeding [OVER 40 HOURS 14 34-GS1389\A
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A WEEK OR 10 HOURS A DAY UNDER] a flexible work hour plan not 1
included as part of a collective bargaining agreement, compensation at the rate 2
of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay shall be paid for the overtime; 3
* Sec. 2. AS 23.10.332(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) Except for employment exempted under AS 23.10.330 and (e) of this 5
section and other employment specifically exempted by regulations adopted by the 6
department, a minor under 16 [17] years of age may only [NOT] be employed by or 7
allowed to work for an employer who has received a general written authorization 8
to employ minors from [WITHOUT THE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF] the 9
commissioner unless authorized under AS 23.10.360 [OR UNDER (c) OF THIS 10
SECTION]. 11
* Sec. 3. AS 23.10.332 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12
(e) An employer is not required to obtain written authorization under (a) of 13
this section to employ a minor under the direct supervision of a family member of the 14
minor in a business owned and operated by the family member or on a boat owned and 15
operated by the family member. In this subsection, "family member" means a parent, 16
grandparent, adult sibling, aunt, or uncle. 17
* Sec. 4. AS 23.10.340(a) is amended to read: 18
(a) A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed for more than a 19
combined total of 10 [NINE] hours school attendance and employment in one day. If 20
employed, the minor's work may be performed only between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. 21
Domestic work and baby sitting excepted, employment [EMPLOYMENT 22
OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS] may not exceed 23 hours in one week when school is 23
in session or 40 hours in one week when school is not in session [, DOMESTIC 24
WORK AND BABY-SITTING EXCEPTED]. 25
* Sec. 5. AS 23.10.332(c) and 23.10.332(d) are repealed. 26
* Sec. 6. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 27
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REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. The revisor of statutes is requested to change the catch 29
line for AS 23.10.332 from "Authorization for children under 17 to work" to "Authorization 30
to employ children under 16." 31