Medi1 TV Faces New Labor Lawsuit Over Alleged Unfair Dismissal

A month after being ordered to pay 2.7 million dirhams to Youssef Belhaissi, the journalist fired for union activities, the Tangier-based channel has once again been summoned to court.

This time, it is a technical service employee who would be the victim of discriminatory treatment by the management. Back from a long sick leave, duly justified, the man was prohibited from returning to his service for abandonment of post. Victim of a work accident on June 26 last, the employee had, according to him, filed 3 medical certificates of unfitness.

The management of Medi1 TV would have refused to acknowledge receipt of the letter from the labor inspectorate, delivered by a bailiff, on the pretext that the plaintiff is not part of its staff, but rather of a temporary employment agency.