Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Morocco (Ratification: 1979)

Article 1(a) of the Convention. Application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value in the public service. The Committee notes that, in its report, the Government refers, as it has previously, to the General Public Service Regulations (Dahir No. 1.58.008 of 24 February 1958, as amended) which stipulate that no distinction shall be made between the sexes with respect to their application, whereas the Committee had highlighted the absence of any formal provisions stating that men and women officials must receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. The Committee welcomes, based on the Government’s information, the increase in the minimum wage and the average wage in the public service (an increase in the minimum wage from 2,800 Moroccan dirhams per month in 2012 to 3,500 dirhams in 2023; and in the average wage from 7,200 dirhams in 2012 to 8,287 dirhams per month in 2022) but once again notes that the figures are not disaggregated by sex. The Committee once again requests the Government to consider the possibility of including in the General Public Service Regulations a provision explicitly prescribing equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, and to provide data disaggregated by sex on the distribution of men and women in the public service and on their remuneration, if possible by category and grade.

Domestic workers. The Committee recalls the risk of indirect discrimination towards women that may result from section 19 of Act No. 19-12 establishing the conditions of work and employment for domestic workers (enacted by Dahir No. 1.16.121 of 10 August 2016), under which the minimum wage, for this category of workers, cannot be less than 60 per cent of the minimum wage applicable in the sectors of industry, commerce and the liberal professions. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the hourly minimum wage is currently fixed at MAD15.55, and the hourly minimum wage for domestic workers is around MAD9.33 (as board and lodging allowances can in no way be considered components of a cash wage). While noting these details, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the minimum wage has been fixed for domestic workers in relation to workers in other categories, indicating the method for the evaluation of tasks and the criteria (for example, skills, effort, responsibilities and working conditions) and to indicate whether established minimum wages exist, either in law or in practice, according to the different occupations (driver, gardener, nanny, housekeeping staff and so forth). The Committee requests the Government to supply statistical data, disaggregated by sex, on the number of domestic workers and the remuneration received by them, if possible according to the different occupations (driver, gardener, nanny, housekeeping staff and so forth).

Articles 2(2)(c) and 4. Collective agreements. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee notes that the Government has not replied, in its report, to the Committee’s request for information on specific measures taken to ensure that collective agreements contain provisions for the application of the principle of “equal remuneration for work of equal value”, as provided for under section 105 of the Labour Code. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to adopt specific measures, especially training and awareness-raising measures for the social partners, to ensure that collective agreements contain such provisions, and to provide information on any measures taken in this regard and their results.

Enforcement. Statistics. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the monitoring of the working conditions of women is a national priority and that between January and August 2023, 31,134 inspections were recorded, resulting in 257,813 notices being issued, 1,033 of which were related to working conditions of women. The Committee notes that this proportion is marginal (0.4 per cent) and that, from the information provided, it is not possible to determine whether these notices related to equal remuneration. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to provide information on: (i) the monitoring activities carried out by the labour inspectors with regard to equal remuneration between women and men, indicating the number, nature and results of the inspections; and (ii) the number and outcome of complaints of unequal remuneration handled by the labour inspectorate or the competent courts.