Free Essay About Apprenticeship Clause

Chapter 5: Article 26 states that an apprentice is anyone who enters into employment contract to work under that kind of establishment purposely to learn an occupation within a fixed duration of time. During that period the apprentice is required to work under the employer’s supervision and be offered some remuneration. Each party to the contract shall in possession of a copy while the third copy shall be in possession of the Ministry of Labor and Affairs within a period of one week after the contract is signed. Content of the contract would be as follows; the particulars of the occupation, each progressive phase, apprenticeship period, the graduated wage of each phase as long as the wage for the final phase will not be below the fixed minimum wage fixed for similar work. The article prohibits the employer to fix a wage on the basis of productivity of an apprentice.
Article 29 demands that the apprentice shall not do any work which is not within his curriculum of studies. The employer is also mandated to inform the guardian of the apprentice about the errors committed by the apprentice.
Article 30 permits the employer to end the apprenticeship contract if he can prove that the apprentice cannot perform his duties stipulated in the contract to the expected standards. But this action demands at least three days notice.
Under Article 31, the Minister for Labor and Social Affairs shall need certain establishments to accept the following: a specific per centum of the students and graduates of vocational and industrial institutions purposely to train and complete their practical experience according to the conditions.

Probationary Clause

Chapter 7 of the employment contract, Article 41 demands that the probationary duration should not be more than three months. The period after three months shall not be considered as probationary period unless it was stated in the employment contract. Nevertheless, the probation period shall not exceed six months. This is in accordance to the order of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.
Unlike apprenticeship, either party is entitled the right to terminate the contract of employment during probation in case he realizes that continuing would not be appropriate. However, the party terminating the contract is required to give the other party a notice of one day. In addition the same employer is not allowed to employer a worker more than once.