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Restricted Occupations

Agency: Labor & Economic Growth


  • Minors 14- to 17-years-old may work in businesses where alcoholic beverages are sold as long as the sale of food or other goods is at least 50 percent of gross sales.
  • Minors under the age of 18 cannot sell, serve, or furnish alcoholic beverages.
  • For information on Liquor Control Commission regulations concerning selling and serving alcoholic beverages call (517) 322-1370.

 

Minors covered by the act may not work in any occupation determined to be hazardous. Examples of hazardous work include, but are not limited to:

  • Contact with hazardous substances, chemicals, explosives or radioactive substances.
  • Driving and work as an outside helper (pizza delivery, etc.).
  • Jobs in the logging and sawmill industry.
  • Jobs using woodworking machinery.
  • Brazing, welding, soldering or heat treating, for those less than 16 years of age.
  • Work on construction sites, excavation sites, bridges, streets or highways.
  • Slaughtering, butchering and meat cutting.
  • Occupations involving power driven equipment, tools, saws, or machinery. (Bakery machines, paper product machines, metal-forming, punching and shearing machines).


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