Relating to youth employment and making penalties applicable

Under current law, a violation of Code chapter is generally a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. The bill allows the labor commissioner to waive or reduce a civil penalty under Code chapter based on evidence the commissioner may obtain and requires the commissioner to provide a 15-day grace period before imposing a civil penalty. Under current law, an employer violating Code chapter is subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000. The bill changes terminology referring to “occupations” to instead refer to “work activities”. The bill allows the director of the department of workforce development or department of education to grant an exception from specified provisions of Code chapter relating to prohibited work activities and work hours for minors to years of age participating in work-based learning or a school or employer-administered, work-related program approved by the department of workforce development or the department of education if specified conditions apply. The bill provides that specified prohibitions on work activities are inapplicable to a student in an approved work-based learning program, registered apprenticeship, career and technical education program, or student learner program provided the student is employed under specified conditions. The bill provides that a business that accepts a secondary student in a work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil liability for any claim for bodily injury to the student or sickness or death by accident of the student arising from the student’s driving to or from the business or worksite to participate in the work-based learning program unless the student is acting within the course and scope of the student’s employment at the direction of the business. Any claim for bodily injury to the student or sickness or death by accident of the student arising from the business’s negligent act or omission during the student’s participation in the work-based learning program at the business or worksite shall be recovered exclusively under worker’s compensation. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.49 if the employer has on file written permission from the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the person. The employer shall keep a copy of the written permission on file until the person is either years of age or no longer engaged in the sale of or serving alcoholic beverages.49 is a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855. MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATION. over the most direct and accessible route between the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and the licensee’s place of employment, provided the driving distance between the licensee’s place of employment and the nearest point on the route on which the licensee is authorized to operate a motor vehicle for purposes of school transportation under current law is no more than miles. The person’s application for a special minor’s license must include an affidavit for minor license signed by the employer and the person’s parent or guardian, using a form provided by the department. Other requirements to obtain a special minor’s license under current law are applicable to such a person. Under current law, the fact that an applicant for a special minor’s license resides at a distance less than one mile from the applicant’s school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of the nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of the license. The bill strikes this provision. The bill provides that the distance between an applicant’s residence and school of enrollment shall not be considered if the applicant is employed for compensation.194 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.