www.Droi tAfrique.comb Staff Art.A.267.1.representatives shall compulsorily be elected in establishments governed by the Mali Labour Code and where they are more than 10 workers. When several establishments under one company are found in the same area or within a radius of 20 Kilometres and when considered separately, they do not have more than ten workers, the personnel numbers of these establishments shall be summed up to form an electoral body, which elects its representative (s) . Mali Art.A.267.2.- The number of staff representatives shall be set by article L.266 of the Mali Labour Code. The staff number to consider shall be the one for workers usually employed in the establishment, whether or not they are compulsorily registered in the employer's list. The following persons shall be considered part of the workers employed in the establishment: • apprentices; • workers on probation ; • workers hired or paid hourly or daily but such that in the course of a year they have put in overall the equivalent of 6 months of work for the establishment ; • seasonal workers who return regularly to the establishment or regularly work therein for periods that reach 6 months in the course of one year ; • managers or representatives bound by employment contracts or fact. Workers who collaborate with several establishments, whether or not they are tied to the same company, shall be considered workers of the establishment with whom they do the largest part of their business and secondarily the establishment from whom they make the most money . The rules herein above shall apply to freelance workers working for one or several establishments. Art.A.267.3.- Representatives shall be elected on one hand by workers and employees, and on the other hand, by engineers, heads of service, technicians, supervisors and general foremen from a list drawn up by trade union organisations represented, where applicable, in each establishment, for each personnel category. The number and composition of electoral bodies may be changed through existing collective labour agreements or through agreements entered into between employer and employee organisations. Implementing Decree of the Labour Code 9/11