HOUSE BILL No. 4786

 

May 28, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Shaffer, Tobocman, Milosch, LaJoy, Vander Veen, Stahl, Spade, Brandenburg, Nofs, Voorhees, Amos, Acciavatti, Huizenga, Murphy, Farhat and Hart and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Youth employment standards act,"                                           

                                                                                

    by amending section 19 (MCL 409.119).                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 19.  (1) This act shall not apply to or prohibit a                     

                                                                                

2   minor from engaging in any of the following activities:                     

                                                                                

3       (a) Domestic work or chores in connection with a private                    

                                                                                

4   residences  residence.                                                     

                                                                                

5       (b) Soliciting, distributing, selling, or offering for sale                 

                                                                                

6   newspapers, magazines, periodicals, political, or advertising               

                                                                                

7   matter.                                                                     

                                                                                

8       (c) Shoe shining.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (d) Services performed as  members  a member of a recognized                

                                                                                

10  youth oriented  organizations  organization that  are  is engaged           

                                                                                

11  in citizenship training and character building, if the services             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   are not intended to replace employees in occupations for which              

                                                                                

2   workers are ordinarily paid.                                                

                                                                                

3       (e) Employment in a business owned and operated by the parent               

                                                                                

4   or guardian of the minor.  For the purposes of this subdivision,            

                                                                                

5   a business  shall be  is considered to be owned by the parent or            

                                                                                

6   guardian of the minor if the parent or guardian is either the               

                                                                                

7   sole owner, partner, or stockholder in the business and  shall              

                                                                                

8   be  a business is considered to be operated by the parent or                

                                                                                

9   guardian of the minor if he or she devotes substantially all of             

                                                                                

10  his or her working hours to the operation of the business.                  

                                                                                

11      (f) Farm work if the employment is not in violation of a                    

                                                                                

12  standard established by the department of  labor  consumer and              

                                                                                

13  industry services.  Farm work means the work activity designated            

                                                                                

14  in  major groups 01 and 02 of the standard industrial                       

                                                                                

15  classification manual, United States bureau of the budget, 1972             

                                                                                

16  edition  sector 11 - agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting,           

                                                                                

17  of the North American industry classification system - United               

                                                                                

18  States, 1997, published by the office of management and budget.             

                                                                                

19  Farm work includes any practices performed on a farm as an                  

                                                                                

20  incident to or in conjunction with  such  farming operations,               

                                                                                

21  including preparation for market and delivery to storage,  or               

                                                                                

22  market, or  to  carriers for  transportation  transport to                  

                                                                                

23  market.                                                                     

                                                                                

24      (g) Employment by a school, academy, or college in which the                

                                                                                

25  student  minor  14 years of age or older  is enrolled if the               

                                                                                

26  minor is 14 years old or older.                                             

                                                                                

27      (h) Construction work or operations performed as an unpaid                  


                                                                                

1   volunteer, if the construction work or operations are performed             

                                                                                

2   under adult supervision for a charitable housing organization.              

                                                                                

3   As used in this subdivision:                                                

                                                                                

4                                                                                (i) "Construction work or operations" means those activities                        

                                                                                

5   included in sector 23 - construction, of the North American                 

                                                                                

6   industry classification system, United States, 1997, published by           

                                                                                

7   the office of management and budget.  Construction work or                  

                                                                                

8   operations include the repair or cleanup of a construction site.            

                                                                                

9       (ii) "Charitable housing organization" means a nonprofit                     

                                                                                

10  charitable organization the primary purpose of which is the                 

                                                                                

11  construction or renovation of residential housing for conveyance            

                                                                                

12  to a low-income person.                                                     

                                                                                

13      (iii) "Family income" and "statewide median gross income"                    

                                                                                

14  mean those terms as defined in section 11 of the state housing              

                                                                                

15  development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1411.               

                                                                                

16      (iv) "Low-income person" means a person with a family income                 

                                                                                

17  of not more than 60% of the statewide median gross income.                  

                                                                                

18      (2) If a minor is required by law to attend school, the work                

                                                                                

19  may only be performed outside of school hours, unless the minor             

                                                                                

20  is enrolled and employed under a work-related educational                   

                                                                                

21  program.