SB-0320, As Passed House, June 1, 2004                                      

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 320

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled                                              

"Youth employment standards act,"                                           

by amending section 11 (MCL 409.111), as amended by 2000 PA 418.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 11.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person                

2   shall not employ a minor 16 years of age or older  shall not be             

3   employed  in an occupation subject to this act for more than any            

4   of the following periods:                                                   

5       (a) Six days in 1 week.                                                     

6       (b)  A period longer than a weekly An average of 8 hours per               

7   day  or 48 hours  in 1 week.                                                

8       (c) Ten hours in 1 day.                                                     

9       (d)  For a minor 16 years of age or older who Subject to                   

10  subdivision (e), 48 hours in 1 week.

11  (e) If the minor is a student in school  , a combined school                

1   and work week of 48 hours during the period school is in session

2   and school is in session, 22 hours in 1 week.                               

3       (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not                

4   employ a minor 16 years of age or older  shall not be employed

5   between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.  However, except as provided in               

6   subsection (3), a person may employ a minor 16 years of age or              

7   older who is a student in school  may be employed  until 11:30

8   p.m. on any of the following days:                                          

9       (a) On Fridays and Saturdays.                                               

10      (b) During school vacation periods.                                         

11      (c) During periods when the minor is not regularly enrolled                 

12  in school.                                                                  

13      (3) A person may employ a minor 16 years of age or older  may               

14  be employed  in farming operations involved in the production of            

15  seed or in agricultural processing for a period greater than the            

16  periods described in subsections (1) and (2) if all of the                  

17  following conditions are met:                                               

18      (a) If the minor is a student in school, the period greater                 

19  than the periods described in subsections (1) and (2) occurs when           

20  school is not in session.                                                   

21      (b) The minor is employed for not more than 11 hours in 1                   

22  day.                                                                        

23      (c) The minor is employed for not more than 62 hours in any                 

24  week.  However, the employer shall not require the minor  shall             

25  not be required by an employer  to work more than 48 hours during           

26  any week without the consent of the minor.                                  

27      (d) The minor is not employed between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.

1       (e) The agricultural processing employer maintains on file a                

2   written acknowledgment of the minor's parent or guardian                    

3   consenting to the period of employment authorized under this                

4   subsection.                                                                 

5       (4) As used in this section:                                                

6       (a) "Agricultural processing" means the cleaning, sorting, or               

7   packaging of fruits or vegetables.                                          

8       (b) "Farming operations involved in the production of seed"                 

9   means farming activities and research involved in the production            

10  of seed, including plant detasseling, hand-pollination, roguing,            

11  or hoeing, and any other similar farming activity required for              

12  commercial seed production.