Morocco: 297,000 Job Seekers to be Hired by 2016
5 October 2011
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CASABLANCA (Xinhua) -- Morocco recently announced that nearly 297,000 job seekers will be hired by the year 2016.
The integration of these job seekers will require a state budget of over 2 billion dirhams (over 230 million USD), according to the Moroccan Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Jamal Rhmani.
Two new measures have also been announced for the implementation of this project. The first concerns a new training-integration system that now includes the assurance of social coverage for beneficiaries of "Idmaj" contracts.
This program allows young graduates to develop their skills through a first professional experience and for companies to enrich their human resources through the state's assumption of 12 months of social security coverage (CNSS) if the intern is hired at the end of the 24-month internship.
When the company signs an open-ended contract (permanent contract) with a young job seeker, the state agrees to pay the employer's share of CNSS contributions for one year.
The second measure is in the form of a professional integration contract for young graduates in difficulty, providing for six-to-nine-month training-integration.
If, at the end of the training, the company signs a permanent contract with the young job seeker, the state will pay the company an allowance of 25,000 dirhams (nearly 3,000 USD).
This amount is intended to cover the training costs and internship allowances that the recruiter will have paid to the intern. Both measures aim essentially to strengthen the employability of young unemployed people holding a general university degree.
Morocco will soon introduce a project for unemployment benefits that could reach up to 70% of the salary received by the beneficiary before the loss of employment. According to Jamal Rhmani, "the introduction of this benefit is part of supporting both the employee made unemployed for reasons beyond their control, and companies in difficulty."
The measure, which should not exceed the amount of the Moroccan guaranteed interprofessional minimum wage (SMIG), would be granted for a period of six months.
According to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), a Moroccan institution of economic forecasting, analysis and forecasting, in charge of the national statistical production system, relating to the situation of the labor market, the unemployment rate in Morocco reached 8.7% in the second quarter of 2011, up 0.5 points compared to the same period of the previous year.
Between the second quarter of 2010 and the same period of 2011, the number of unemployed increased by 66,000, specifies the HCP.
The unemployment rate thus increased by 0.8 points in urban areas to reach 13.5% and by 0.3 in rural areas totaling 3.6%, indicates the HCP, stressing that this increase was particularly significant in urban areas among young people aged 15 to 34 (+2.4 points), women (+2 points) and graduates (+1.3 points).
In 2010, the Moroccan economy created 120,000 jobs in 2010, allowing the unemployment rate to stabilize at 9.1%.
In terms of employment, 131,000 paid jobs were created (66,000 in cities and 65,000 in rural areas), while unpaid employment decreased by 11,000 jobs, the result of a loss of 14,000 jobs in rural areas and the creation of 3,000 jobs in urban areas.
Afriquinfos.com
Published on October 3, 2011.
Posted online on October 5, 2011.
The integration of these job seekers will require a state budget of over 2 billion dirhams (over 230 million USD), according to the Moroccan Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Jamal Rhmani.
Two new measures have also been announced for the implementation of this project. The first concerns a new training-integration system that now includes the assurance of social coverage for beneficiaries of "Idmaj" contracts.
This program allows young graduates to develop their skills through a first professional experience and for companies to enrich their human resources through the state's assumption of 12 months of social security coverage (CNSS) if the intern is hired at the end of the 24-month internship.
When the company signs an open-ended contract (permanent contract) with a young job seeker, the state agrees to pay the employer's share of CNSS contributions for one year.
The second measure is in the form of a professional integration contract for young graduates in difficulty, providing for six-to-nine-month training-integration.
If, at the end of the training, the company signs a permanent contract with the young job seeker, the state will pay the company an allowance of 25,000 dirhams (nearly 3,000 USD).
This amount is intended to cover the training costs and internship allowances that the recruiter will have paid to the intern. Both measures aim essentially to strengthen the employability of young unemployed people holding a general university degree.
Morocco will soon introduce a project for unemployment benefits that could reach up to 70% of the salary received by the beneficiary before the loss of employment. According to Jamal Rhmani, "the introduction of this benefit is part of supporting both the employee made unemployed for reasons beyond their control, and companies in difficulty."
The measure, which should not exceed the amount of the Moroccan guaranteed interprofessional minimum wage (SMIG), would be granted for a period of six months.
According to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), a Moroccan institution of economic forecasting, analysis and forecasting, in charge of the national statistical production system, relating to the situation of the labor market, the unemployment rate in Morocco reached 8.7% in the second quarter of 2011, up 0.5 points compared to the same period of the previous year.
Between the second quarter of 2010 and the same period of 2011, the number of unemployed increased by 66,000, specifies the HCP.
The unemployment rate thus increased by 0.8 points in urban areas to reach 13.5% and by 0.3 in rural areas totaling 3.6%, indicates the HCP, stressing that this increase was particularly significant in urban areas among young people aged 15 to 34 (+2.4 points), women (+2 points) and graduates (+1.3 points).
In 2010, the Moroccan economy created 120,000 jobs in 2010, allowing the unemployment rate to stabilize at 9.1%.
In terms of employment, 131,000 paid jobs were created (66,000 in cities and 65,000 in rural areas), while unpaid employment decreased by 11,000 jobs, the result of a loss of 14,000 jobs in rural areas and the creation of 3,000 jobs in urban areas.
Afriquinfos.com
Published on October 3, 2011.
Posted online on October 5, 2011.
