Act No. 196 Public Acts of 2024 Approved by the Governor January 16, 2025 Filed with the Secretary of State January 16, 2025 EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 2025 state of michigan 102nd Legislature Regular session of 2024 Introduced by Reps. Skaggs, Paiz and Scott ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5594 AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled An act to provide for the legal employment and protection of minors; to provide for the issuance and revocation of work permits; to provide for the regulation of hours and conditions of employment of minors; to prescribe powers and duties of the departments of labor and education; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts, by amending the title and sections 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 20 (MCL 409.102, 409.104, 409.105, 409.107, 409.108, 409.110, and 409.120), section 2 as amended by 1996 PA 438, section 4 as amended by 2011 PA 80, and section 5 as amended by 2020 PA 323, and by adding sections 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d. The People of the State of Michigan enact: TITLE An act to provide for the legal employment and protection of minors; to provide for the issuance and revocation of work permits; to provide for the registration of employers and employed minors; to provide for the regulation of hours and conditions of employment of minors; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) Department means the department of labor and economic opportunity. (b) Director means the director of the department or the directors designee. (c) Employ means engage, permit, or allow to work. (d) Employer means a person, firm, or corporation that employs a minor, and includes this state or a political subdivision of this state, an agency or instrumentality of this state, and an agent of an employer. (e) Issuing officer means the chief administrator of a school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school, or a person authorized by that chief administrator in writing to act on the chief administrators behalf. (f) Minor means a person under 18 years of age. (g) Registration system means the registration system created under section 4b. (h) Rule means a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, a minor must 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. Before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, the work permit must 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 must be placed in the minors 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 minors place of employment is located, or by the public school academy or nonpublic school nearest that place of employment. An issuing officer or the director may administer oaths in relation to work permits. On or after the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, the work permit must be issued by the director. (2) Immediately after the termination of the minors employment, the employer shall do 1 of the following, as applicable: (a) If the termination occurs before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, return the permit to the issuing officer. (b) If the termination occurs on or after the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, notify the department. (3) The work permit requirement of subsection (1) and the requirements of section 4a do 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 must 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) 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) An exception in subsection (3) does not provide an exemption from any other provision of this act. Sec. 4a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), beginning on the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a minor must not be employed in an occupation regulated by this act unless all of the following requirements are met: (a) The minor is registered with the department under section 4b. (b) The person proposing to employ the minor is in compliance with this act. (c) The person proposing to employ the minor receives authorization from the department as described in subsection (3). (2) If, on the date described in subsection (1), a minor is employed by an employer in compliance with this act, the minor is not required to register under section 4b and the employer is not required to register under section 4d with respect to that minor until 1 of the following occurs, as applicable: (a) The minor begins employment with a different employer. (b) The primary location at which the minor works changes. (c) The minor turns 16 years of age. (3) The director shall, not later than 5 days after a minor registers under section 4b and the employer proposing to employ the minor registers under section 4d, do both of the following: (a) Determine whether the minors employment would be in compliance with this act. (b) Provide notice of the determination to the employer, minor, and parent or legal guardian of the minor. The notice must state whether any deviations under this act have been requested or authorized. (4) If the director does not provide notice of its determination during the time period described in subsection (3), the employer may begin employing the minor on the date immediately following the end of the time period. (5) If, not later than 5 days after notice is provided under subsection (3)(b), a parent or legal guardian of a minor notifies the department that the parent or legal guardian does not consent to a deviation or a portion of a deviation, the department shall not authorize the deviation or the portion of the deviation. Sec. 4b. (1) The director shall create and maintain a registration system that does both of the following: (a) Allows a minor to register for employment or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to register the minor for employment. (b) Allows an employer to register to employ minors under this act as described in section 4d. (2) The registration system must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be accessible to the public via the internet at no cost to the public. (b) Require a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to submit information that is sufficient, as determined by the department, to identify all of the following: (i) The name and age of the minor. (ii) The minors home address and contact information. (iii) The name of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor. (iv) The home address and contact information of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor. (c) Allow a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to describe a physical limitation of the minor. (d) Allow a minor, parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an employer to review an applicable determination described in section 4a(3). (e) Allow an employer to submit the information and items described in section 4d. (f) Provide automatic notification to an employer when a minor registers for employment with the employer. (g) Any other requirement that is relevant to the employment of a minor under this act as determined by the director. (3) The information in the registration system, other than the information listed in section 4c(1), is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. The department may disclose the information in the registration system only if the disclosure is necessary to enforce and implement this act. Sec. 4c. (1) The director shall, based on the information in the registration system, create and maintain a database of employers that are authorized to employ minors under this act. The database must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be accessible to the public via the internet at no cost to the public. (b) Display all of the following information for each employer that is authorized to employ minors under this act if the employer has requested for the information to be displayed publicly: (i) Name. (ii) Address. (2) If the director determines that an employer listed in the database is not authorized to employ minors under this act, the director shall immediately remove the employer from the database. Sec. 4d. If an employer proposing to hire a minor receives notification via the registration system that the minor has registered for employment with the employer, the employer shall submit all of the following to the registration system before hiring the minor: (a) The name and contact information of the employer. (b) The name and contact information of the minor. (c) The address of each of the employers work sites. (d) The address of the proposed primary work site of the minor. (e) The name of each minor the employer is currently employing. (f) A signed statement made under the penalty of perjury that the employer is or will employ minors in accordance with all applicable laws. (g) Any other information or items as determined by the director. Sec. 5. An issuing officer or the director, as applicable, 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 that the department 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 operators 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 minors 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 or the director, as applicable, may accept other documentation as established by the rules promulgated under this act. Sec. 7. (1) The issuing officer or the director, as applicable, may revoke a permit based solely on the following factors: (a) Poor school attendance, characterized by repeated erratic or unexcused absences, which results in consistent performance of school work at a level lower than that which preceded the minors employment. The work permit may be revoked only after the permit has been suspended. The suspension must take place upon notice to the minor and the employer, and an opportunity to correct the deficiency is afforded. The suspension must not exceed 30 days after date of notification. (b) The minors employment is in violation of federal or state law or of a regulation or rule promulgated under federal or state law, and the issuing officer or the director, as applicable, is informed of the violation. (2) The issuing officer or the director, as applicable, shall keep a record of each refusal, suspension, or revocation and the reasons for the action. Upon revocation, the minor must be informed of the appeal process and be given instructions as to the initiation of an appeal. Sec. 8. The failure or refusal of the issuing officer or the director, as applicable, to issue a work permit may be appealed in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, by the minor who applied for the permit, the parent or guardian of the minor, or the person or agency to whom custody of the minor has been awarded. An appeal may be taken in the same manner from the revocation of a permit. Sec. 10. (1) A minor under 16 years of age whose employment is subject to this act may be employed only as follows: (a) During a time that is outside school hours. (b) For not more than 3 hours per day during a week when school is in session. (c) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. during the period that begins on June 1 and ends on Labor Day. (d) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the period that begins on the date immediately following Labor Day and ends on May 31. (e) For not more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session. (f) For not more than 40 hours during a week that is not a week when school is in session. (2) As used in this section: (a) Outside school hours means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35. (b) School hours means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35. (c) Week means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35. (d) Week when school is in session means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35. Sec. 20. (1) The director shall promulgate rules that do all of the following: (a) Prescribe standards that are not inconsistent with this act regarding the working conditions, safety, health, and personal well-being of minors in various types of employment. (b) Implement this act. (2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 4a(5), the director shall grant deviations from established standards or from hours by employment if the director determines that it is in the best interests of the minor and the community. The director shall prescribe procedures for applying and issuing the deviations. (3) The director shall not grant a deviation under subsection (2) if the deviation allows any of the following: (a) A minor to be employed between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m. (b) A minor to be employed in, about, or in connection with an occupation that is hazardous or injurious to the minors health or personal well-being. Clerk of the House of Representatives Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Governor
Act No. 196
Public Acts of 2024
Approved by the Governor
January 16, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
January 16, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 2, 2025
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2024
Introduced by Reps. Skaggs, Paiz and Scott
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5594
AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled An act to provide for the legal employment and protection of minors; to provide for the issuance and revocation of work permits; to provide for the regulation of hours and conditions of employment of minors; to prescribe powers and duties of the departments of labor and education; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts, by amending the title and sections 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 20 (MCL 409.102, 409.104, 409.105, 409.107, 409.108, 409.110, and 409.120), section 2 as amended by 1996 PA 438, section 4 as amended by 2011 PA 80, and section 5 as amended by 2020 PA 323, and by adding sections 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
TITLE
An act to provide for the legal employment and protection of minors; to provide for the issuance and revocation of work permits; to provide for the registration of employers and employed minors; to provide for the regulation of hours and conditions of employment of minors; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) Department means the department of labor and economic opportunity.
(b) Director means the director of the department or the directors designee.
(c) Employ means engage, permit, or allow to work.
(d) Employer means a person, firm, or corporation that employs a minor, and includes this state or a political subdivision of this state, an agency or instrumentality of this state, and an agent of an employer.
(e) Issuing officer means the chief administrator of a school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school, or a person authorized by that chief administrator in writing to act on the chief administrators behalf.
(f) Minor means a person under 18 years of age.
(g) Registration system means the registration system created under section 4b.
(h) Rule means a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, a minor must 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. Before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, the work permit must 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 must be placed in the minors 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 minors place of employment is located, or by the public school academy or nonpublic school nearest that place of employment. An issuing officer or the director may administer oaths in relation to work permits. On or after the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, the work permit must be issued by the director.
(2) Immediately after the termination of the minors employment, the employer shall do 1 of the following, as applicable:
(a) If the termination occurs before the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, return the permit to the issuing officer.
(b) If the termination occurs on or after the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 4a, notify the department.
(3) The work permit requirement of subsection (1) and the requirements of section 4a do 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 must 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) 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) An exception in subsection (3) does not provide an exemption from any other provision of this act.
Sec. 4a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), beginning on the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a minor must not be employed in an occupation regulated by this act unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The minor is registered with the department under section 4b.
(b) The person proposing to employ the minor is in compliance with this act.
(c) The person proposing to employ the minor receives authorization from the department as described in subsection (3).
(2) If, on the date described in subsection (1), a minor is employed by an employer in compliance with this act, the minor is not required to register under section 4b and the employer is not required to register under section 4d with respect to that minor until 1 of the following occurs, as applicable:
(a) The minor begins employment with a different employer.
(b) The primary location at which the minor works changes.
(c) The minor turns 16 years of age.
(3) The director shall, not later than 5 days after a minor registers under section 4b and the employer proposing to employ the minor registers under section 4d, do both of the following:
(a) Determine whether the minors employment would be in compliance with this act.
(b) Provide notice of the determination to the employer, minor, and parent or legal guardian of the minor. The notice must state whether any deviations under this act have been requested or authorized.
(4) If the director does not provide notice of its determination during the time period described in subsection (3), the employer may begin employing the minor on the date immediately following the end of the time period.
(5) If, not later than 5 days after notice is provided under subsection (3)(b), a parent or legal guardian of a minor notifies the department that the parent or legal guardian does not consent to a deviation or a portion of a deviation, the department shall not authorize the deviation or the portion of the deviation.
Sec. 4b. (1) The director shall create and maintain a registration system that does both of the following:
(a) Allows a minor to register for employment or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to register the minor for employment.
(b) Allows an employer to register to employ minors under this act as described in section 4d.
(2) The registration system must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Be accessible to the public via the internet at no cost to the public.
(b) Require a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to submit information that is sufficient, as determined by the department, to identify all of the following:
(i) The name and age of the minor.
(ii) The minors home address and contact information.
(iii) The name of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor.
(iv) The home address and contact information of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor.
(c) Allow a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to describe a physical limitation of the minor.
(d) Allow a minor, parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an employer to review an applicable determination described in section 4a(3).
(e) Allow an employer to submit the information and items described in section 4d.
(f) Provide automatic notification to an employer when a minor registers for employment with the employer.
(g) Any other requirement that is relevant to the employment of a minor under this act as determined by the director.
(3) The information in the registration system, other than the information listed in section 4c(1), is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. The department may disclose the information in the registration system only if the disclosure is necessary to enforce and implement this act.
Sec. 4c. (1) The director shall, based on the information in the registration system, create and maintain a database of employers that are authorized to employ minors under this act. The database must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Be accessible to the public via the internet at no cost to the public.
(b) Display all of the following information for each employer that is authorized to employ minors under this act if the employer has requested for the information to be displayed publicly:
(i) Name.
(ii) Address.
(2) If the director determines that an employer listed in the database is not authorized to employ minors under this act, the director shall immediately remove the employer from the database.
Sec. 4d. If an employer proposing to hire a minor receives notification via the registration system that the minor has registered for employment with the employer, the employer shall submit all of the following to the registration system before hiring the minor:
(a) The name and contact information of the employer.
(b) The name and contact information of the minor.
(c) The address of each of the employers work sites.
(d) The address of the proposed primary work site of the minor.
(e) The name of each minor the employer is currently employing.
(f) A signed statement made under the penalty of perjury that the employer is or will employ minors in accordance with all applicable laws.
(g) Any other information or items as determined by the director.
Sec. 5. An issuing officer or the director, as applicable, 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 that the department 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 operators 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 minors 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 or the director, as applicable, may accept other documentation as established by the rules promulgated under this act.
Sec. 7. (1) The issuing officer or the director, as applicable, may revoke a permit based solely on the following factors:
(a) Poor school attendance, characterized by repeated erratic or unexcused absences, which results in consistent performance of school work at a level lower than that which preceded the minors employment. The work permit may be revoked only after the permit has been suspended. The suspension must take place upon notice to the minor and the employer, and an opportunity to correct the deficiency is afforded. The suspension must not exceed 30 days after date of notification.
(b) The minors employment is in violation of federal or state law or of a regulation or rule promulgated under federal or state law, and the issuing officer or the director, as applicable, is informed of the violation.
(2) The issuing officer or the director, as applicable, shall keep a record of each refusal, suspension, or revocation and the reasons for the action. Upon revocation, the minor must be informed of the appeal process and be given instructions as to the initiation of an appeal.
Sec. 8. The failure or refusal of the issuing officer or the director, as applicable, to issue a work permit may be appealed in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, by the minor who applied for the permit, the parent or guardian of the minor, or the person or agency to whom custody of the minor has been awarded. An appeal may be taken in the same manner from the revocation of a permit.
Sec. 10. (1) A minor under 16 years of age whose employment is subject to this act may be employed only as follows:
(a) During a time that is outside school hours.
(b) For not more than 3 hours per day during a week when school is in session.
(c) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. during the period that begins on June 1 and ends on Labor Day.
(d) Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the period that begins on the date immediately following Labor Day and ends on May 31.
(e) For not more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session.
(f) For not more than 40 hours during a week that is not a week when school is in session.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) Outside school hours means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35.
(b) School hours means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35.
(c) Week means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35.
(d) Week when school is in session means that term as defined in 29 CFR 570.35.
Sec. 20. (1) The director shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:
(a) Prescribe standards that are not inconsistent with this act regarding the working conditions, safety, health, and personal well-being of minors in various types of employment.
(b) Implement this act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) and section 4a(5), the director shall grant deviations from established standards or from hours by employment if the director determines that it is in the best interests of the minor and the community. The director shall prescribe procedures for applying and issuing the deviations.
(3) The director shall not grant a deviation under subsection (2) if the deviation allows any of the following:
(a) A minor to be employed between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.
(b) A minor to be employed in, about, or in connection with an occupation that is hazardous or injurious to the minors health or personal well-being.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Governor