Michigan Youth Employment Standards Poster

STATE OF 	MICHIGAN	 	
 	
GRETCHEN WHITMER	 	GOVERNOR 	DEPARTMENT	 OF	 LABOR	 AND	 ECONOMIC	 OPPORTUNITY	 	
 	
SUSAN CORBIN	 	ACTING DIRECTOR	 	
 	
LEO	 is an equal opportunity employer/program. 	 	Auxiliary aids, services and other reasonable accommodations are available, upon request, to individuals with disabilities.  
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION  
P.O. B ox 30476  • L ansing , Michigan  48909-7976 
OVERNIGHT MAIL ADDRESS:  2407 N. GRAND RIVER • LANSING, MICHIGAN 489 06 
Toll Free: 1- 855-4MI-WAGE (1 -855- 464-9243)  • (517)  284-7800  • FAX (517) 763- 0110  	
www.michigan.gov/wagehour	  	WHD	-9919 04/21	 	
 	
Informational Sheet:	 	Youth Employment Standards Act 90 of 1978, as amended	 	 	
POSTING REQUIREMENT	 	
 
MCL	 409.110	 	Minor under 16 years; days and hours of	 employment.	 	
 	 
MCL	 409.111	 Minor 	16 	years 	and 	over; days 	and 	hours 	of 	employment; employment 	in agricultural processing.	 	
 	 
 
 	
(4) As used in this	 section:	 	(a) “Agricultural processing” means the cleaning, sorting or packaging of fruits or	 vegetables.	 	(b) “Farming operations involved in the production of seed” means farming activities and research involved in the production of s	eed, 	including plant detasseling, hand	-pollination, roguing, or hoeing, and any other similar farming activity required for commercial 	seed	 production.	 	History: Am. 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978 ;	-- Am. 1995, Act 251, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;	-- Am. 1996, Act 499, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1997 ;	-- 	Am. 20	00, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2001 ;	-- Am. 2011, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 2011	 	 
MCL	 409.112	 	Meal and rest	 period.	 	
 	 
MCL	 409.112a	 	Prohibition 	of 	minors working alone 	in 	occupation involving 	a cash 	transaction 	after 	sunset 	or 	
8 p.m. 	at 	fixed	 location.	 	
Sec. 12a	. A minor who would otherwise be permitted under this act to be employed in an occupation subject to this act shall not be 	employed in an occupation that involves a cash transaction subject to this act after sunset or 8 p.m., whichever is earlier, 	at a fixed	 location 	unless an employer or other employee 18 years of age or older is present at the fixed location during those hours.	 	History: Add. 1980, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981.	 	 	
IMPORTANT: 	Administrative Rule, R408.6207 	REQUIRES	 A MINOR SUBJECT TO ACT 90 BE S	UPERVISED BY THE EMPLOYER OR ANOTHER 	EMPLOYEE 	18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER	 	
Sec.	 12. A minor shall not be employed for more than 5 hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a meal and 	res	t period. An interval of less than 30 minutes shall not be considered to interrupt a continuous period of	 work.	 	
Sec. 11. (1)	. Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not employ a minor 16 years of age or older in an occupation subject 	to this act for more than any of the following periods:	 	(a) Six days in 1	 week.	 	(b) An average of 8 hours per day in 1 week.	 	(c) Ten hours in 1	 day.	 	(d) Subject to subdivision (e), 48 hours in 1	 week.	 	(e) If the minor is a student in school and school is in session, 24 hours in 1	 week.	 	
Sec. 10	. A minor under 16 years shall not be employed in an occupation subject to this act for more than 6 days in 1 week, nor for a	 period 	longer than a weekly average of 8 hours per day or 48 hours in 1 week, nor more than 10 hours in 1 day. The minor shall not	 be employed 	between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. A minor who is a student in school shall not be employed more than a combined school a	nd work 	week of 48 hours during the period when school is in session.	 	
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall no	t employ a minor 16 years of age or older between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. 	However, except as provided in subsection (3), a person may employ a minor 16 years of age or older who is a student in schoo	l until 	11:30 p.m. on any of the following days:	 	(a) On Fridays and	 Saturdays.	 	(b) During school vacation	 periods.	 	(c) During periods when the minor is not regularly enrolled in	 school.	 	
(3) A person may employ a minor 16 years of age or older in farming operations involved in the production of seed or in agricultu	ral 	processing	 for a period	 greater	 than	 the	 periods	 described	 in subsections	 (1) and	 (2) if all of the	 following	 conditions	 are	 me	t: 	If a minor is a student in school, the period greater than the periods described in subsections (1) and (2) occurs when schoo	l is not in 	session.	 	(a) The minor is employed for not more than 11 hours in 1	 day.	 	(b) The minor is employed for not more than 62 hours	 in any week. However, the employer shall not require the minor to work 	more than 48 hours during any week without the consent of the	 minor.	 	(c) The minor is not employed between 2 a.m. and 5:30	 a.m.	 	(d) The agricultural processing employer maintains on file a wri	tten acknowledgment of the minor’s parent or guardian consenting 	to the period of employment authorized under this	 subsection.