Hire your remote team in Morocco

Rivermate is a global employment solutions company that provides Employer of Record services in Morocco.

As an employer of record, we help you hire employees and run payroll services in Morocco, allowing you to avoid the necessity of first establishing a branch office or subsidiary in Morocco.

It is not necessary to establish an entity in order to hire an employee. We can hire your employee in any country with a few mouse clicks. Using our Employer of Record solution, you can have full compliance, benefits, and automated payments.

If you wish to hire a remote team in Morocco or individually hire remote employees in Morocco, Rivermate’s global employer of record services will make sure that the process will be as seamless as possible for you.

Send us a message so we can talk about how Rivermate’s Employer of Record Morocco services can best help your company!

Morocco's cost of living is $586, which is 1.59 times less expensive than the global average. Morocco ranked 147th out of 197 countries in terms of cost of living and 77th in terms of quality of life.

In Morocco, the average after-tax salary is $417, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months.

Morocco's economy is based on agriculture, and key industries include mining, construction, energy, tourism, food processing, and textiles. Because the country is undergoing structural change, there is a need for talent in IT, telecommunications, and business management. New industries such as chemistry, aerospace, and automotive parts are expanding.

The majority of jobs available to expats are in middle management. Many new entrants into the private sector (both service and manufacturing) have created opportunities over the last decade. Morocco has also been successful in attracting FDI in the export sector. FDI amounted to 2.9% of GDP in 2012.

Since 2000, jobs have shifted from agriculture to services. Aerospace has been one of the highest job creators. As the country continues to invest in human capital, there are numerous teaching opportunities available. If you are fluent in English, you will find it much easier to find a teaching job in subjects ranging from architecture, engineering, and medicine to advertising.

Moroccan labor laws are modeled after the laws and conventions of the International Labor Organization.

The Labor Code and industry-wide collective bargaining agreements govern employment relations.

Morocco's new trends include: Labor inspectors' role during dismissal is limited, and severance pay calculations are better defined.

Dahir 1-03-194 of 11 September 2003 promulgating Labor Code Law 65-99; and Decree 2-91-517 of 5 April 1993 adopted for the enactment of Dahir Law 1-93-16 of 23 March 1993 setting out incentives for companies organizing professional integration training courses.

The code of obligations and contracts is established by royal decree.

Salaries and Wages

- There is no legalized norm for wages and salaries except minimum wages. Hence employers and employees are free to negotiate and enter into a contract.

- The contracts should be according to the model given by the Ministry of Labor.

- Employees have the right to periodic increases in their wages and salaries

- The payment needs to be made in Moroccan currency, twice a month

Working Hours

Maximum working hours are as follows:

- For agriculture: 2,496 hours per year

- For non-agriculture: 10 hours per day, 44 hours per week, or 2,288 hours per year

- Overtime: 2 hours per day and 80 hours per year

- Most companies operate six days a week

Health and Safety

- Provision of medical services is mandatory for firms with more than 50 employees.

- Standard safety rules need to be observed

Leaves

- Employees are entitled to one and half days of leave every month

- Employees receive sick leave after the fourth day of illness

- Females receive 14 weeks of fully paid maternity leave

- Paid paternity leave is three days

Termination

- Dismissal of workers may occur for several reasons viz downsizing, incapacity or inefficiency, or as a disciplinary measure due to a serious offense.

- Except in the case of a severe offense, the worker is entitled to one month’s notice.

- Such a dismissed worker is entitled after a year's service to compensation proportionate to the length of his service with the firm.

Morocco's economy is based on agriculture, and key industries include mining, construction, energy, tourism, food processing, and textiles. Because the country is undergoing structural change, there is a need for talent in IT, telecommunications, and business management. New industries such as chemistry, aerospace, and automotive parts are expanding.

Morocco has increased the minimum salary for workers of state bodies and public administration. From 2019 to 2021, wages will progressively rise to MAD 400 or 500 per month. These salaries often change according to job and industry.