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Published on : Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The Social Security Fund of Morocco is all prepared to introduce a website for employees in tourism who are affected by COVID and request for government compensation.
Today on Tuesday, the social security authority will introduce the website to allow requests from eligible professionals and employees of various tourism firms.
The Special Fund for the Management and Response to COVID-19 will cover the compensation costs.
Of late, the representatives of the government, CNSS, and the National Confederation of Tourism had signed a contract to make the compensation program official.
Tourism companies on the new website will be able to declare employees and trainees suitable to make the most from a monthly compensation of MAD 2,000 ($218), covering July through the end of December.
Also, employees of the tourism sector will get to request family compensation and mandatory health insurance, agreeing with the legal provisions in force, Morocco’s CNSS stated this in a press release.
At the same time, companies should declare a revenue slump of 25% to be able to profit from the program. Companies should commit to maintaining at least 80% of their employees.
The said program will concern employees and trainees of classified accommodation establishments, travel agencies, and tourist transport companies.
Also, the fund will compensate tour guides who are affiliated to CNSS under laws 98.15 and 99.15 relating to the medical and social coverage of non-salaried people.
Between the 16th of every month and the 3rd of the next month, tourism employers should submit their requests. From September 8-19, employers can request compensation as well for July and August.
In March, King Mohammed VI ordered the special COVID-19 response to support the hard-hit economic sectors of the country like tourism.
The sector saw a drop in added value of 7% in the first months of 2020. Compared to an increase of 2.9% in the first quarter of 2019, the difference represents a notable drop in revenue.