National Social Security Fund (CNSS)

8 February 2006 Read by 6072 persons

Created in 1961, the National Social Security Fund of Morocco (CNSS) is a public body responsible for managing the social security system for employees. The CNSS collects contributions from companies and pays benefits to employees.

CNSS services for employees are:

  1. Payment of family benefits: family health aid, family allowances
  2. Payment of long-term social benefits: old-age pension, survivor's pension, disability pension
  3. Payment of short-term social benefits: daily sickness benefits, daily maternity benefits, birth leave, death benefit

Contribution rates due to the National Social Security Fund are:

Employer's share

Employee's share

a) Family benefits based on the total payroll (rate in effect from September 1, 2005)

6.5%

0

b) Social benefits based on the payroll capped at a monthly salary of 6,000 Dhs (Total)

8.60%

4.29%

- Short-term benefits

0.67%

0.33%

- Long-term benefits

7.93%

3.96%

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