In order to ease the burden of the Coronavirus crisis, the Moroccan government has unveiled two emergency measures with the goal of preserving jobs and mitigating the social repercussions of this pandemic.
These arrangements will cover the period from March 15th 2020 to June 30th 2020 and will concern the most vulnerable sectors to shocks induced by Coronavirus crisis, which list is fixed by the Economic Watch Committee.
The first measure is about granting an additional net allowance of 2000 MAD to employees of companies in total or partial shutdown that are affiliated to CNSS. These employees will keep beneficiating of AMO (Mandatory Medical Insurance) for the whole period covered by the Convention.
Companies wanting to benefit from this measure must submit to CNSS, through its website, a certificate of cessation of activity duly endorsed by local authorities and CGEM, if the company is affiliated to it. Those who have pared down their labor force have to fill a form on CNSS’s website, their application must then be approved by the technical committee.
The second measure is about the assumption by the government of the employer’s share of social security contributions and the professional training tax for companies which undertake not to reduce their workforce by more than 20%.
Are eligible to this measure companies upon the suggestion of their professional federation if they are affiliated to CGEM, their application must then be approved by the technical committee.
At the end of the period covered by the Convention, an audit of all operations carried out by the CNSS will be performed by the General Inspection of Finance.