The Head of Government oversees the launch of the second round of social dialogue

Today, Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the second stage of the social dialogue rounds was launched, at the invitation of the Head of Government, Mr. Aziz Akhannouch, and the participation of Mrs. Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Chakib Benmoussa, Minister of National Education, Preschool, and Sports, Mr. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Mr. Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance in charge of Budget, and Mr. Mustapha Baitas, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Relations with Parliament - Spokesperson Official on behalf of the Government, and Ms. Ghita Mezzour, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform.
The most representative trade union organizations participated in the second round of social dialogue: the Moroccan Labor Union (UMT), headed by Secretary-General Miloudi El Moukharik, the General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM), headed by Khadija Zoumi, the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT), headed by the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Alami Houir, and Mr. Bouchta Boukhalfa, a delegation from the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), headed by his President, Mr. Chakib Alj, and a delegation from the Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development (COMADER) headed by Mr. Mohamed Ammouri.
During this tour, which was held today at the Head of Government's Office in Rabat, it was agreed to form joint committees to address current issues, in accordance with the timetable programmed in the April 30, 2022, agreement, in particular the revision of the income tax system, the reform of pension systems, and the review of a number of labor legislation. This is in addition to the development of a joint vision for the establishment of the National Observatory for Social Dialogue and the Academy of Training in the Field of Employment, Employment, and the Social Climate, as mechanisms to accompany the institutionalization of social dialogue.
 

At the sectoral level, the government and trade union centrals noted the progress of the sectoral dialogue on education and stressed the need to accelerate the pace of meetings between the guardian ministry and the most representative educational sectoral unions on the unified statute for women and men of education, in order to resolve it within a reasonable time limit so that its provisions with financial impact can be included in the 2023 Finance Law.
This tour comes within the framework of the government's keenness to activate the royal vision aimed at institutionalizing social dialogue and raising it to the rank of strategic choice, as it has taken the initiative since its inauguration to build strong partnerships with social parties, in order to lay the foundations for serious and regular social dialogue and to fulfill all social obligations contained in the government program.
The government fulfilled its first commitment, starting in September, to implement the outcomes of the social dialogue, by immediately raising by 5% of the minimum wage in the sectors of industry, trade and liberal professions (SMIG) and by 10% in the agricultural sector (SMAG). 
Within the framework of the reform of pension systems, and in accordance with the outcomes of the April 30, 2022, agreement, the government has worked to reduce the conditions for benefiting from the old-age pension from 3,240 days of contribution to 1,320 days, while enabling the insured who is of legal retirement age and has 1,320 days of contribution, to recover the share of wage contributions and the employer's contributions. In addition to raising the value of family allowances in the public and private sectors and from the minimum wage in the public sector to reach 3500 dirhams, removing scale 7, and raising From the quotas of promotion in grade to 36% for the category of employees, and other measures aimed at improving the status of public and private sector employees. 
In addition to fulfilling all its obligations contained in the agreement of April 30, 2022, the government took the initiative on Friday, September 9, 2022, in response to the demands and proposals of the trade union centrals, and on the occasion of the meeting of the Administrative Council of the National Social Security Fund, to adopt an increase in pensions for the benefit of retirees from the private sector, who are referred to retirement until December 31, 2019, by 5%, with a minimum of 100 dirhams per month and retroactively from the beginning of January 2020.