The restructuring plan of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is already causing waves. Allal Baba Lahcen, union representative of the 2,200 UMT unionized employees of the RAM group, is impervious to any outright dismissals and is demanding voluntary departures for all.
The wave of layoffs announced by Royal Air Maroc will be implemented as announced by the supervising minister. At the end of the meeting organized on Thursday with the executive committee and the executives of the company, CEO Abdelhamid Addou mentioned a total of 858 jobs and a reduction in its fleet of aircraft, grounded since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
Faced with the impact of the health crisis on EasyJet, the company’s management is developing an optimization plan for the network that provides for the elimination of a third of British jobs and the closure of two bases in London and Newcastle. Will the links to Morocco be suspended?
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus present in Morocco, France and other countries around the world has decided to eliminate "approximately 15,000 positions" by 2021. Will its Moroccan employees be affected by this wave of layoffs?
The aerospace equipment manufacturer Daher will proceed with the elimination of 1,300 permanent contract positions as part of a restructuring plan, after those already eliminated in Morocco . The health crisis related to the coronavirus has not spared the group.
Morocco has big dreams for the digital sector, which has shown all its importance in these times of Covid-19. The kingdom intends to attract 10 billion dirhams in foreign investment and create more than 120,000 jobs.
Former Keeper of the Seals, Jacques Toubon, warns about discrimination in employment, housing, education or police checks in France and calls for the creation of an "observatory of discrimination".
Seven major French companies have been summoned by the government for training on hiring discrimination. This summons follows a report published last February.
The Hilton group announces the elimination of 2,100 jobs worldwide due to the impact of the health crisis related to covid-19 on tourism. Are its Moroccan employees affected by this wave of layoffs?
The payment of the lump-sum allowance for the month of May for the benefit of employees on sick leave due to covid-19 started on Tuesday. New categories are now eligible to claim these benefits.
Severely affected by covid-19, Air Arabia based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, recently announced the elimination of several hundred jobs. In Morocco, for now, nothing is leaking out.
Moroccans working at Emirates could lose their jobs. The reason is that the airline wants to cut jobs due to the health crisis related to covid-19.