Labor: youth employment; youth employment standards act; modify work permit issuance procedures. Amends secs. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 20 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.102 et seq.) & adds secs. 4a, 4b, 4c & 4d.

This bill updates Michigan's Youth Employment Standards Act to modernize how work permits for minors are issued and managed. It shifts the responsibility for issuing work permits from school officials to the state Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, effective 18 months after the law takes effect. The legislation also establishes a new registration system where minors must be enrolled in a state database before they can be employed, while maintaining existing exemptions for specific agricultural tasks and unpaid volunteer work.