Rabat – Morocco’s government will raise by 10% the legal minimum wage for workers within the sector of trade, industry, and service during the coming two years.
As part of the reform, the government has also pledged to work to set common paying standards for agriculture and the abovementioned sectors, according to an official statement reported yesterday by Morocco’s press agency (MAP).
Over the same period, the government will also raise the minimum wage of workers within the public sector to MAD 3500 ($351) after taxes, notes the statement.
Morocco’s current minimum wage in the private sector is ($265).
As well as committing to raising the minimum wage, the government said that it will eliminate the seventh echelon within the public sector of workers that fill the position of administrative and technical assistants.
The government will also boost the promotion rate within the public sector from 33% to 36%, and increase family allowances for the fourth, fifth, and sixth children within the public and the private sector.
As part of an agreement with labor unions, the government passed a number of reforms to the retirement law including decreasing the requirements for eligibility. The minimum working days required to be eligible for retirement will become 1320, down from 3240.
Under the new reform, workers who have not met the minimum requirement for retirement will be able to request a refund.
The government announced the reforms after a series of meetings with the country’s major labor unions, and the national federation of employers.
At the end of the meetings, Morocco’s head government, Aziz Akhannouch, signed an agreement with labor unions for the implementation of said reforms.
Speaking on the backdrop of the event, Akhannouch said that improving the working conditions for Morocco’s working class is “among the government’s priorities.”
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