CNSS: 2011 Budget and Action Plan on Hold Until February
3 January 2011
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A December 27th board meeting was to approve them. The board meeting remained open to finalize the work.
Confusion at the December 27th board meeting of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). The meeting was to approve, among other agenda items, the 2011 budget and the fund's action plan for the next three years. But according to sources at the council, it will remain open until February 2nd because the CNSS has not yet finalized its work. This delay was apparently not to the liking of the employers' representatives, and they made it known to the fund's management. The law requires the CNSS to have its next year's budget approved before December 31st. Representatives of the CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises) therefore questioned the supervisory authority, Employment Minister Jamal Rhmani, during the meeting. Attributing these delays to a lack of supervision, the employers questioned whether the ministry should not provide the CNSS with more financial and human resources to enable it to cope with the major projects ahead. It should be recalled that several directors have left the institution and have not yet been replaced, which must have affected the work of the management.
Another point left pending: unemployment benefits (IPE). Although already approved in principle in 2009, it required some prerequisites for its implementation, particularly regarding its funding. For now, the issue is under consideration at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which, according to sources close to the file, is considering the implementation of a "start-up plan." In other words, the state, called upon to participate in the financing of unemployment benefits, would provide its financial contribution for only the first two or three years of application. For now, this is not confirmed by the Ministry of Finance, which will have to give an answer before the February 2 meeting. By then, sources at the CNSS indicate that the budget and action plan will have been finalized and validated by the management and studies committee.
That said, the board members were able to rule on some secondary issues. This is the case, for example, of the decree relating to the maintenance of compulsory health insurance for widows. This maintenance will be without time limit and without limitation of the amount of the pension. That is to say that even widows receiving a pension below the minimum amount, set by law at 600 dirhams, can benefit from it. According to statistics provided by the National Social Security Fund, 50,000 widows and 20,000 children will benefit from this benefit.
Published January 3, 2011
Posted online January 3, 2011
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Confusion at the December 27th board meeting of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). The meeting was to approve, among other agenda items, the 2011 budget and the fund's action plan for the next three years. But according to sources at the council, it will remain open until February 2nd because the CNSS has not yet finalized its work. This delay was apparently not to the liking of the employers' representatives, and they made it known to the fund's management. The law requires the CNSS to have its next year's budget approved before December 31st. Representatives of the CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises) therefore questioned the supervisory authority, Employment Minister Jamal Rhmani, during the meeting. Attributing these delays to a lack of supervision, the employers questioned whether the ministry should not provide the CNSS with more financial and human resources to enable it to cope with the major projects ahead. It should be recalled that several directors have left the institution and have not yet been replaced, which must have affected the work of the management.
Another point left pending: unemployment benefits (IPE). Although already approved in principle in 2009, it required some prerequisites for its implementation, particularly regarding its funding. For now, the issue is under consideration at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which, according to sources close to the file, is considering the implementation of a "start-up plan." In other words, the state, called upon to participate in the financing of unemployment benefits, would provide its financial contribution for only the first two or three years of application. For now, this is not confirmed by the Ministry of Finance, which will have to give an answer before the February 2 meeting. By then, sources at the CNSS indicate that the budget and action plan will have been finalized and validated by the management and studies committee.
That said, the board members were able to rule on some secondary issues. This is the case, for example, of the decree relating to the maintenance of compulsory health insurance for widows. This maintenance will be without time limit and without limitation of the amount of the pension. That is to say that even widows receiving a pension below the minimum amount, set by law at 600 dirhams, can benefit from it. According to statistics provided by the National Social Security Fund, 50,000 widows and 20,000 children will benefit from this benefit.
Published January 3, 2011
Posted online January 3, 2011
lavieeco.com
