Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity › Postsecondary Schools › Youth Employment Standards › Part 2 - HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS IN GENERAL EMPLOYMENT › Section R. 408.6206 - Exemptions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 206. These rules shall not apply to, or prohibit a
					 minor from engaging in, the following activities or exempt employment:
(a) Employment of a student minor 14 years of
				  age or older by an employer if a written agreement or contract is entered into
				  between the employer and the board of education of the school district in which
				  the student minor is enrolled.
(b)
				  Employment in a business owned and operated by the parent or guardian of a
				  minor.
(c) Employment of a student
				  minor by a school, academy, or college in which a student minor who is 14 years
				  of age or older is enrolled.
(d)
				  Domestic work or chores in connection with private residences.
(e) Soliciting, distributing, selling, or
				  offering for sale newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or political or
				  advertising matter.
(f) Shoe
				  shining.
(g) Services performed as
				  members of recognized youth-oriented organizations that are engaged in
				  citizenship training and character building, if the services are not intended
				  to replace employees in occupations for which workers are ordinarily
				  paid.
(h) Farm work designated in
				  sector 11-agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting, of the 1997 North
				  American industry classification system (NAICS) manual, if the employment is
				  not in violation of a standard established by the department.
Sector 11 of the 1997 NAICS manual is available for
					 inspection at
www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/reference_files_tools/1997/sec11.htm,
and is available for inspection and for distribution at no charge at the
					 Michigan Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education, 608
					 W. Allegan Street, P.O. Box 30712, Lansing, MI 48909.
(i) Nonhazardous construction work or
				  operations performed as an unpaid volunteer, if the construction work or
				  operations are performed under adult supervision for a charitable housing
				  organization. As used in this subdivision:
(i)
				  "Charitable housing organization" means a nonprofit charitable organization the
				  primary purpose of which is the construction or renovation of residential
				  housing for low-income individuals.
(ii) "Family income" and "statewide median
				  gross income" mean those terms as defined in section 11 of the state housing
				  development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1411.
(iii) "Low-income person" means a person with
				  a family income of not more than 60% of the statewide median gross
				  income.
(iv) "Nonhazardous
				  construction work or operations" means construction work or operations that are
				  performed at a construction site of a new or renovated single family home and
				  do not involve the use of power tools, woodworking machinery, or hazardous
				  substances or other activities that would constitute a great risk of serious
				  injury. Activities that would constitute a great risk of serious injury
				  include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(A) Excavation.
(B) Highway, bridge, or street
				  construction.
(C)
				  Wrecking.
(D) Demolition.
(E) New commercial or new multiple
				  residential construction.