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.
