A draft decree on the Health Assistants Corps under Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection proposes replacing the current on-call allowance for health assistants with a more comprehensive guard duty compensation system.
The decree covers two professional categories: medical treatment and emergency technicians, and treatment assistants. The current on-call allowance, widely criticized by health professionals for being capped at 5 dirhams per hour for up to four hours daily, would be eliminated.
Under the draft, the Health Assistants Corps would include four grades for treatment and emergency technicians and three grades for treatment assistants. Monthly allowances would include pay for grade progression, workload, and supervisory responsibilities, in addition to compensation for guard duties.
For example, a grade-four emergency technician would receive 3,043 dirhams for grade progression and 305 dirhams for workload, while the top-tier grade-one technician could receive up to 6,806 dirhams for grade progression, 1,000 dirhams for workload, and 3,600 dirhams for supervisory responsibilities, a total of 11,406 dirhams.
Treatment assistants would receive only grade progression and workload allowances. A grade-two assistant would earn 2,712 dirhams for grade progression and 305 dirhams for workload, while the highest grade assistant could receive 3,239 dirhams plus the same workload allowance.
The draft decree is currently under review by health sector unions participating in sectoral dialogue, which are expected to provide further feedback, particularly on proposed allowances and incentives.
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