R 408.6206 Exemptions.

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.