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institutions, and teaching personnel providing these types of programs must be authorizedby and registered with the STPS.Finally, it should be mentioned that each company is required to form Mixed Commissionsfor Training and Instruction, which are formed by an equal number of representativesof the workers and the employer. The principal function of these commissionsis to oversee the instrumentation and operation of the system and of all the proceduresestablished to improve the training and instruction of the workers and will suggest themeasures necessary to perfect them; all this should be carried out according to the needsof the workers and the companies.1.17. Extralegal Retirement Benefits92C H A P T E R VThe regulation of retirement benefits in Mexico is very complex. In principle it is not aright the law grants to workers of private companies. In fact, workers will only have theright to retirement benefits when such right is agreed to in the collective bargainingagreement that applies to them, pursuant to the conditions contained therein.This benefit is not always included in the common collective bargaining agreementsof companies; rather generally it is found in the collective bargaining agreements of the bigcompanies such as Teléfonos de México, Petróleos Mexicanos, and Luz y Fuerza del Centro.As with the seniority premium referred to previously, retirement benefits are a rightderived from an extended period of employment. Basically it is a benefit obtained byworkers for having dedicated practically all their lives to the job, providing their servicesto a particular employer.1.18. Termination of EmploymentThe individual termination of employment is covered in Article 53 of the LFT, where itis established that the following are causes for termination:a) The mutual consent of the parties. The consequences of the termination for this causeonly oblige the employer to the payment of the proportional part of all the benefitscontracted and the salaries not paid, but it will not have any indemnificatoryobligation or responsibility. The seniority premium only applies when the workerhas been employed 15 or more years;b) The death of the worker. The Conciliation and Arbitration Board will determine whothe legitimate beneficiary of the deceased worker is in order to avoid a double payment.Such beneficiary will be entitled to be paid the seniority premium and thecorresponding benefits or the proportional part thereof;c) The termination of the work or expiration of the term. In order for this cause to apply,there must be a temporary contract, either for a limited time period or a specific