WHO IS NOT COVERED BY THE ACT

• 16- and 17-year-olds who have completed requirements for high school graduation.
• 17-year-olds who have passed the GED test.
• Emancipated minors (e.g. married minors, emancipation by court order)
• Students 14-years-old and older working under a work-study contract between an employer and a school district that provides supervision.
• Domestic workers at private residences.
• Minors who sell, distribute or offer for sale, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, political or advertising material.
• Shoe shiners.
• Members of recognized youth organizations (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, etc.).
• Minors working in businesses owned and operated by their parents.
• Workers who plant, cultivate or harvest crops or raise livestock on farms.
• Minors employed by a school, academy or college where the worker, age 14 through 17, is a student.
  

WHO IS COVERED BY THE ACT

• Workers under 18 years of age, including volunteers and performing artists.
  
  AND:

• A minor must be at least 14-years-old for most occupations unless exempt from the Youth Employment Standards Act.
• A work permit is required unless the minor is exempt from the act or employed in corn detasseling.
• Minors may be employed in most jobs except those considered hazardous.
• Minors may only work certain hours. 
• Teenage workers may not work more than 5 hours without a 30 minute break.
• A minor may not be employed unless the employer or another employee 18 years of age or older provides supervision. Special penalties apply for employing minors in occupations involving cash transactions after sunset or 8 p.m. without required supervision.
• Supervision means being on the premises to direct and control the work of minors and to assist in case of an emergency.
• Wages must be paid on a regular basis: weekly, bi-weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly.
• Minors 16 and older covered by Michigan's Minimum Wage Law may be paid the following:

A training wage of $4.25 to new employees 16 to 19 years of age for the first 90 days of employment as long as it does not displace another employee.

A youth sub minimum wage to a minor age 16 or 17 which is 85% of the adult minimum wage as follows:

Beginning	Minimum Wage Rate Per Hour	85% of Minimum Wage Rate
September 1, 1997	$5.15	not applicable
October 1, 2006	$6.95	$5.91
July 1, 2007	$7.15	$6.08
July 1, 2008	$7.40	$6.55*

* The state 85% rate of $6.29 is valid between July 1, 2008 and July 23, 2008, effective July 24, 2008 the federal minimum wage will increase to $6.55. Under Section 14 of Public Act 154 of 1964, as amended, being MCL 408.394 (1) the act states: "Sec. 14. (1) This act does not apply to an employer who is subject to the minimum wage provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219, unless those federal minimum wage provisions would result in a lower minimum hourly wage than provided in this act."