Labor: youth employment; youth employment standards act; restore former provisions, and eliminate requirement for a work permit. Amends title & secs. 2, 5, 7, 10, 15 & 20 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.102 et seq.); adds sec. 19a & repeals secs. 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 6, 8 & 9 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.104a et seq.).
Key claim: Michigan HB5727 proposes to restore former youth employment standards and eliminate the work permit requirement under the 1978 Youth Employment Standards Act.
Abstract
(HB5727 · 103rd Legislature) Labor: youth employment; youth employment standards act; restore former provisions, and eliminate requirement for a work permit. Amends title & secs. 2, 5, 7, 10, 15 & 20 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.102 et seq.); adds sec. 19a & repeals secs. 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 6, 8 & 9 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.104a et seq.). Latest action (2026-07-02): Referred To Committee On Labor
Why this matters
The Youth Employment Standards Act governs when and how Michigan minors can work, and the work permit requirement has long served as a school-employer checkpoint. Eliminating the permit and restoring earlier provisions would reduce compliance steps for employers hiring teens while shifting oversight away from schools, affecting both workers under 18 and the businesses that employ them.