00                              HOUSE BILL NO. 61                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to employment; relating to voluntary flexible work hour plans; relating                                
02 to the employment of minors; and relating to hours worked by minors employed in the                                     
03 state."                                                                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 23.10.060(d)(14) is amended to read:                                                              
06                 (14)  work performed by an employee under a voluntary flexible work                                     
07       hour plan that does not exceed 40 hours a week and 12 hours a day if                                          
08                      (A)  the employee and the employer have signed a written                                           
09            agreement establishing the daily and weekly hours worked by the employee                                 
10            under the plan and the written agreement has been filed with the department;                             
11            and                                                                                                          
12 (B)  the department has issued a certificate approving the plan                                                         
13 [THAT STATES THE WORK IS FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK AND NOT                                                                    
14 MORE THAN 10 HOURS A DAY]; for work exceeding [OVER 40 HOURS                                                        
01 A WEEK OR 10 HOURS A DAY UNDER] a flexible work hour plan not                                                           
02 included as part of a collective bargaining agreement, compensation at the rate                                         
03            of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay shall be paid for the overtime;                            
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.10.332(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
05 (a)  Except for employment exempted under AS 23.10.330 and (e) of this                                              
06 section and other employment specifically exempted by regulations adopted by the                                    
07 department, a minor under 16 [17] years of age may only [NOT] be employed by or                             
08 allowed to work for an employer who has received a general written authorization                                    
09 to employ minors from [WITHOUT THE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF] the                                                    
10 commissioner unless authorized under AS 23.10.360 [OR UNDER (c) OF THIS                                                 
11       SECTION].                                                                                                       
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 23.10.332 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
13 (e)  An employer is not required to obtain written authorization under (a) of                                           
14 this section to employ a minor under the direct supervision of a family member of the                                   
15 minor in a business owned and operated by the family member or on a boat owned and                                      
16 operated by the family member. In this subsection, "family member" means a parent,                                      
17       grandparent, adult sibling, aunt, or uncle.                                                                       
18    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.10.340(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
19 (a)  A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed for more than a                                                  
20 combined total of 10 [NINE] hours school attendance and employment in one day. If                                   
21 employed, the minor's work may be performed only between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.                                              
22 Domestic work and baby sitting excepted, employment [EMPLOYMENT                                                     
23 OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS] may not exceed 23 hours in one week when school is                                            
24 in session or 40 hours in one week when school is not in session [, DOMESTIC                                        
25       WORK AND BABY-SITTING EXCEPTED].                                                                                  
26    * Sec. 5.  AS 23.10.332(c) and 23.10.332(d) are repealed.                                                          
27    * Sec. 6.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
28 read:                                                                                                                   
29 REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. The revisor of statutes is requested to change the catch                                         
30 line for AS 23.10.332 from "Authorization for children under 17 to work" to "Authorization                              
31 to employ children under 16."