In response to a question on the "social repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment sector", at the House of Representatives, Amekraz stressed that 3,610 employees who were laid off during the first 9 months of the year 2020 resumed their jobs, in addition to paying 1.43 billion dirhams for the benefit of the complainant employees.

According to the minister, 47,916 individual conflicts were dealt with, against 38,672 conflicts during the same period of the year 2019, an increase of 23.9%, adding in this regard the resolution of 53,356 complaints out of a total of 109,415, that is 48.76%.

The interventions of labor inspectors enabled, during the first 9 months of the year 2020, to avoid a total of 1,218 strikes at the level of 744 establishments, which hire nearly 89,797 employees, he added, noting that 85 strikes were recorded in 68 establishments, in which 5,293 employees took part, out of a total of 10,300.

Concerning field control, the government official specified that the services under the ministry continued the ordinary visits carried out in accordance with the laws in force, noting that the number of visits made by labor inspectors during the first 9 months of the year 2020 reached some 16,362, which led to 284,631 observations to employees who violated the provisions of social legislation.

He also reported 89 reports of offenses (1,774) and offenses (166) against employees who violated the provisions of the law in force.

Amekraz also noted that the number of employees declared to the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) reached, for the month of September 2020, a total of 2.47 millions, against 2.62 millions in February of the same year, a difference of about 150,000 employees, adding that during the month of April, only 1.61 million employees were declared, which confirms the gradual resumption of national economic activity.