The payment of compensations of the month of May for employees on work stoppage situation due to COVID-19 started Tuesday, the head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani, has announced.
Speaking at the monthly session of general policy questions held Tuesday at the House of Advisors (upper house), El Otmani said that the filing of declarations of businesses affected by this pandemic for the month of June can be done from this Tuesday, too.
The same applies to applications for deferment of the payment of contributions to the national social security Fund, he said, noting that other categories will soon be declared eligible for the third phase of compensations.
El Otmani stressed that in the context of mitigating the social repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has taken a series of measures aimed at supporting employees on temporary work stoppage and guaranteeing a minimum income for the benefit of households in the liberal professions, craftsmen and workers in the informal sector, whose income has been affected or even stopped because of the decline in economic activity.
To this end, he reiterated the government’s commitment to the reform of the national education and training system, as an essential lever for the enhancement of human resources and integration into the dynamics of economic and social development.
Regarding the health sector, the head of government affirmed that in addition to the epidemiological vigilance and surveillance put in place to fight against the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, the efforts of the government will focus at the next stage on improving good governance in the sector, as well as developing health services through various interventions, some of which are included in the 2025 Health Plan.
Commenting the reform of the social protection system, El Otmani said that the government will ensure the implementation of the integrated public policy for social protection for the period 2020-2030, highlighting the action taken to broaden health coverage and pension system for the self-employed people and liberal professions.
El Otmani also highlighted the need to pursue structural reforms, which will include digital transformation, as well as to implement the National Anti-Corruption Strategy.
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