Michigan Laws 409.103 – Employment of minor; prohibited occupations; minimum age; exceptions and limitations
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(1) A minor shall not be employed in, about, or in connection with an occupation that is hazardous or injurious to the minor’s health or personal well-being or that is contrary to standards established under this act, unless a deviation is granted under section 20.
(2) The minimum age for employment of minors is 14 years, subject to the following exceptions and limitations:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 409.103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Minor: means a person under 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 409.102
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(a) A minor at least 11 years of age and less than 14 years of age may be employed as a youth athletic program referee or umpire for an age bracket younger than his or her own age if an adult representing the athletic program is on the premises at which the athletic program event is occurring and a person responsible for the athletic program possesses a written acknowledgment of the minor’s parent or guardian consenting to the minor’s employment as a referee or umpire.
(b) A minor 11 years of age or older may be employed as a golf caddy.
(c) A minor 13 years of age or older may be employed in farming operations as described in section 4(3).
(d) A minor 11 years of age or older may be employed as a bridge caddy at any event sanctioned by the American contract bridge league or other national bridge league association.
(e) A minor 13 years of age or older may be employed to perform services which entail setting traps for formal or informal trap, skeet, and sporting clays shooting events.