www.Droit-Afrique.com Art.D.7-10.- It may be stated in the apprenticeship contract that the apprentice commits, with regards to the employer and after completing the apprenticeship, to continue performing his/her professional activity with this employer for at most two years. Non-compliance with this commitment may result in the payment of damages to the employer. Art.D.7-11.- The employer shall have to register the apprentice, at the end of the apprenticeship, for the exam organised for the issuance, eventually, of the professional proficiency diploma. Art.D.7-12.- The apprenticeship contract may be terminated without any compensation paid by any of the parties during the first two months of apprenticeship. This agreement shall have to be attested to in writing. Beyond this time limit, the contract may not be terminated without the express and bilateral approval of the joint signatories or based on a legal decision handed down by the labour court at the request of any one of the parties. Art.D.7-13.- Legal and agreement-based social insurance contributions due as salaries shall be calculated using a flat-rate on the amount of the legal basic salary. The State shall bear, based on a rate set through a decision from the minister in charge of labour and social security, the cost of employer and employee social insurance contributions warranted by the law or statute. Trainings and Internships (Pursuant to Article L.9) Art.D.9-1.- Professional training shall include initial training and subsequent trainings intended for adults and youths who have already joined the work force or are about to. These subsequent trainings shall account for in-service training. In-service training shall be part of lifelong learning. It shall be intended to enable workers adapt to changing techniques and working conditions, to promote their social promotion through access to various levels of the professional culture and qualification as well as their contribution to cultural, economic and social development. It may be given to employers with an employment contract that provides for work-study schemes. Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Mali Art.D.9-2.- The various types of training actions that fall under the provisions relating to in-service training shall be the following : • 1° actions for pre--training and the preparation for professional life. They shall be intended to enable everyone, with no professional qualification and no employment contract, to reach the required level to get a proper professional training internship or starting working right away. • 2° actions for adaptation. They shall be intended to ease the access of workers with an employment contract to a first job or a new job, • 3° actions for promotion. They shall be intended to enable workers acquire the highest qualification. • 4° actions for prevention. They shall be intended to reduce risks that qualifications do not adapt to changing techniques and company structures, by preparing workers whose jobs are threatened by a change in their milieu, either within the framework or outside their company. • 5° actions for career change. They shall be intended to enable employees whose employment contract is terminated to get jobs that require a different qualification or selfemployed workers to engage in new professional activities. Art.D.9-3.- The professional training and social promotion activities stated in article D.9-1 hereinabove can be attested to in an agreement. Such agreements shall either be bilateral or multilateral. They shall determine notably: • the nature, purpose, duration and number of internship positions that they provide for; • the educational and technical tools implemented; • the conditions for the reimbursement of the educational training expenses of trainers and their remuneration; • when they have to do with workers, the facilities granted, accordingly, to the latter, to continue the internships that they provide for, notably leave, adjustments or reduction of the working hours that they get in accordance with statutory, regulatory or contractual provisions; • modalities for assessing knowledge and the method for approving the training provided; 3/29