The greatest uncertainty of Moroccan households at the moment is the resumption of employment. In addition to the crisis that will continue to affect their consumption, 85% of households fear an increase in unemployment.
The health crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic has strongly impacted all the links in the tourism sector in Morocco . Tourist transport companies are facing a difficult situation, with losses ranging from a drop in turnover to the deterioration of many vehicles for long-term parking.
Through a letter addressed to several authorities, the Moroccan Confederation of Food Trades (CMMB) defends the interests of the restaurant sector, which has been severely affected by the health crisis. It wishes that this sector be taken into account in the national economic recovery plan.
Business leaders in the restaurant sector are calling for help from the Economic Monitoring Committee (CVE) and the Moroccan Ministry of Industry to save the sector from peril. They are suffocating under the impacts of the crisis on their activities.
The Labor Court near the Court of First Instance of Tangier ordered the television channel Medi1 TV to compensate the journalist Youssef Belhaissi for unfair dismissal. The presenter was fired for union activities.
The coronavirus pandemic has not finished ravaging the world of employment in Morocco . A recent report by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) revealed that unemployment could reach 15% in Morocco in 2021.
Installed for three years in Tangier, the wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa announces the layoff of 10% of its staff. For the company’s management, this is a revitalization process to make the company more productive and efficient.
Moroccans working in the informal sector, 80% of whom have no social coverage, could find themselves in even greater precariousness. This is revealed by a study carried out by the think tank Policy Center for the New South (PCNS).
Moroccan workers authorized to work in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla are calling on the Spanish Prime Minister and his Moroccan counterpart for help. Faced with unemployment and precariousness since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, following the closure of land borders, they are seizing the opportunity of the Spanish Prime Minister’s visit to the kingdom to draw attention to their situation.
After nearly 30 years of loyal service within a company, a dozen women were laid off. One of them gives a poignant testimony.
The deterioration of labor market indicators related to Covid-19 accelerated in the third quarter of 2020, with a worsening of the structural decline in the activity rate, employment and an increase in the unemployment rate, particularly among young people, women and graduates in Morocco, according to the HCP.
Between 2000 and 2019, Morocco’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled, reaching over 1,000 billion dirhams. This is what the Minister of Economy indicated in his response, following the interventions of the parliamentary groups and groupings.