During this new round, held at the Department of the Head of Government, it was agreed to set up joint commissions to deal with current issues, in accordance with the timetable set by the agreement of April 30, 2022, on in particular on the revision of the income tax system, the reform of pension systems and the re-examination of a set of labor laws, specifies the press release.
It was also agreed to develop a common vision for the establishment of the National Observatory of Social Dialogue and the Academy of training in the field of work, employment and social climate, as support mechanisms for the institutionalization of social dialogue, we add.
At the sectoral level, the government and the trade union centers welcomed the development of social dialogue in the education sector, also emphasizing the need to speed up the pace of meetings between the supervisory department and the trade unions. of the most representative education sector on the subject of the status of education personnel, in order to decide on this issue within a reasonable time so as to allow the inclusion of its provisions with budgetary impact in the law of finance for the year 2023.
The press release also underlines that this round of social dialogue is part of the government’s commitment to implement the royal vision aimed at institutionalizing social dialogue and making it a strategic choice afterwards. , noting that the government has taken care in this respect, since its inauguration, to forge solid partnerships with the social partners with a view to laying the foundations for a serious and regular social dialogue and respecting all the social commitments enshrined in the government program.
And to recall, in this regard, that the government has, in fact, respected its first commitments, by proceeding from the current month of September, to the implementation of the results of the social dialogue, and this, through the immediate increase 5% of the SMIG in the sectors of industry, commerce and the liberal professions, and 10% of the SMAG in the agricultural sector.
The press release recalls that the government has also taken care in terms of reforming pension schemes, and as part of the implementation of the provisions of the agreement of April 30, 2022, to reduce the conditions for access to the old-age pension. , which go from 3,240 days of contribution to 1,320 days, with the possibility for the beneficiary of the pension who has reached the legal retirement age and has the 1,320 days of contribution, to be reimbursed the share of employee and employer contributions, in addition to the revaluation of family allowances in the public and private sectors, the increase in the minimum wage level in the public sector which now goes to 3,500 dirhams, the abolition of scale 7, the increase to 36 % of the promotion quota in the grade for the category of civil servants, as well as other measures aimed at improving the situation of employees in the public and private sectors.
In addition, the government, which has taken care to respect all of its commitments contained in the agreement of April 30, 2022, took the initiative, Friday, September 9, on the occasion of the holding of the Board of Directors of the CNSS , and in response to the demands and proposals of the central trade unions, to adopt a 5% increase in pensions, for the benefit of retirees from the private sector who have retired until December 31, 2019, with a minimum monthly increase of 100 Dirhams and with retroactive effect from January 1, 2020, the same source indicates.
This first round was held in the presence of Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Minister of Economy and Finance, Chakib Benmoussa, Minister of National Education, Preschool and Sport, Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Faouzi Lakjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget, Mustafa Baitas, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Relations with Parliament, Government Spokesperson and Ghita Mezzour, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform.
This round was also marked by the presence of delegations representing the Moroccan Labor Union (UMT), led by the Secretary General, Miloudi Moukharik, the General Union of Workers in Morocco (UGTM), led by Khadija Zoumi, the Confederation Democratic Labor (CDT), led by the Deputy Secretaries General, Alami Houir and Bouchta Boukhalfa, as well as a delegation from the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) led by its president Chakib Alj, and another delegation of the Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development (Comader), led by Mohamed Ammouri.