La gestion des relations de travail dans ce contexte du COVID-19 soulève plusieurs questions relatives aux mesures que l'employeur devrait favoriser pour faire face à cette situation exceptionnelle.
Employment issues have gained increasing importance in the day-to-day operations and management of companies both in Morocco and internationally. Having the right legal support has become a necessity and is a crucial part of project and risk management.
Our employment team assists Moroccan and multinational clients, helping them meet their workforce objectives.
Our team's particular areas of focus are:
- internal corporate reorganizations
- restructuring and collective dismissals
- international mobility of workers/outsourcing
- managing relationships with unions and employee representatives
- day-to-day employment related matters and recurring sensitive issues
Experience has included advising:
- FMC Corporation regarding the transfer of employees in the context of an international acquisition.
- Carlson Wagonlit Travel in the context of the dismissal of employees.
- Unilever on authorized payroll deductions under Moroccan law.
- A major pharmaceutical company in the amicable termination of its former general manager in Morocco.
- NTT on several employment matters, in particular aspects of the transfer of employees, the transfer of employee representative bodies and the transitional services agreement in the context of the worldwide acquisition of Dell's IT services business lines in Morocco.
- A global management consulting and professional services company on the implementation of an employee share ownership plan.
- An African financial institution regarding the recruitment of temporary workers under Moroccan law.
- MoneyGram in their day to day employment matters.
- An international pharmaceutical company in the context of compliance investigations and in the context of disciplinary measures.
- A British multinational consumer goods company in the amicable termination of an employee in Morocco.
- Tier 1 in Employment (The Legal 500 2020)
Afin d'essayer de réduire l'impact de l'épidémie du coronavirus sur les revenus des ménages et la trésorerie des entreprises, le Comité de Veille Economique (CVE) avait décidé en date du 19 mars 2020 de prendre une série de mesures dont la première vise à préserver le pouvoir d'achat du personnel des entreprises en difficultés.
The ministerial decree of 19 April 2019 establishing a new template for foreign employment contracts allows foreign employees to be treated in the same way as Moroccan employees.