Southern Indiana Business Report
INDIANAPOLIS — Effective July 1, schools will no longer issue work permits for minor employees. Instead, employers who employ five or more minor employees will be responsible for tracking and reporting minor-employee information via the state’s Youth Employment System.
YES is now live, and Indiana employers are encouraged to test drive and become familiar with YES before the new reporting requirement goes into effect on July 1.
This change in Indiana law is intended to help make tracking and reporting Indiana’s youth-employment information more efficient and streamlined. The new YES requirement will not impact the state’s work-hour requirement for minors. All employers must still comply with the teen work hour restrictions as well as prohibited and hazardous occupation restrictions for minors.
Failure to comply with the new requirement may result in penalties up to $400 per infraction. For more information about YES and the new requirement, visit dol.in.gov/youthemployment.htm.