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Morocco - 2013

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1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework
- 1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework
  Summary/citation: The main legislative documents on occupational safety and health include the Labor Code and Decision 93.08 of 12 May 2008. Other legislative documents regulate particular hazards, with a special emphasis on the proper maintenance of facilities. Laws are specific.
  • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail.
  • Ministère de l’Emploi et des Affaires Sociales
2 Scope, coverage and exclusions
- 2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health
  No data available.
- 2.2 Definition of worker
  Summary/citation: Any person hired to carry out their profession under the management of an employer(s) for remuneration, regardless of how that remuneration is paid or provided.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 6)
  - 2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers
    Sometimes.
    - 2.2.1.1 Migrant workers
      Remarks / comments: The Association Agreement between Morocco and the European Union signed in 1996 stipulates in Articles 64 and 65 the absence of any discrimination based on nationality relative to nationals of each Member State. In this sense, Morocco respects the principle of equality of treatment between Moroccan nationals and those members of the European Union as regards to employment and social security. For more information please see "http://dialogueuroafricainmd.net/web/uploads/activity/Social_rights/newsletter/Mss.%20Falsy_EN.pdf".
    - 2.2.1.2 Domestic workers
      Summary/citation: Separate legislations apply to domestic workers.
      • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 4)
    - 2.2.1.3 Home workers
      Summary/citation: The law applies to home workers who are in one of the following situations:
      1. Work in return for a wage within one enterprise or more;
      2. Work individually, or with one assistant, or with their spouses/children not in return for a wage.
      • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 8)
    - 2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons
      No data available.
- 2.3 Definition of employer
  Summary/citation: Any public or private individual or corporate body hiring the services of one or more individuals.
  Restrictions / obligations: Certain categories of employers may be excluded from the scope of application of the Labour Code. Such exclusions are set forth by decree, following consultation with the most representative employees’ and employers’ organisations. The following factors are taken into consideration when determining whether an employer should be excluded: 1) employer must be an individual; 2) the number of people working for the employer may not exceed five; 3) the annual revenue of the employer may not exceed five times the amount excluded from income tax calculations.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 6)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) Direct Request 2020
  • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Observation 2021
  • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Direct Request 1991
- 2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity
  No.
  - 2.4.1 Agriculture
    Summary/citation: Included.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 1)
  - 2.4.2 Construction
    Summary/citation: Included.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 1)
  - 2.4.3 Services
    Summary/citation: Included.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 1)
  - 2.4.4 Public sector
    Summary/citation: Included.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 1)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Observation 2021
    • Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) Direct Request 1991
  - 2.4.5 Other
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) Direct Request 2021
- 2.5 Definition of occupational accident
  No data available.
- 2.6 Definition of occupational disease
  No data available.
  - 2.6.1 List of occupational diseases
    Summary/citation: A list of occupational diseases exists.
    • Arrêté du ministre du développement social, de la solidarité de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle no 919-99 du 23 décembre 1999 modifiant et complétant l'arrêté du ministre du travail et des affaires sociales no 100-68 du 20 mai 1967 pris pour l'application du dahir du 31 mai 1943 étendant aux maladies professionnelles les dispositions de la législation sur la réparation des accidents du travail.
  - 2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones
    No data available.
3 Institutions and programmes relating to OSH administration and/or enforcement
- 3.1 Competent national authority for safety and health at work
  No data available.
  - 3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    No data available.
  - 3.1.2 Chairperson and composition
    No data available.
- 3.2 National OSH research programme or institute
  Summary/citation: A "national board on OSH" is to be established that has mainly an advisory role.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 332)
  - 3.2.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary/citation: To provide recommendations for the improvement of OSH inspection, medical centers at the workplace, and all that is relevant to OSH.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 332)
  - 3.2.2 Governance board constitution and chairmanship
    Summary/citation: The OSH board is composed of: Minister of Labour (or representative), professional organisations for employers and trade unions of workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 333)
  - 3.2.3 Source of funding
    No data available.
- 3.3 National OSH programme
  No data available.
  - 3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme
    No data available.
4 Employers’ duties and responsibilities to protect the safety and health of workers and others
- 4.1 Duty to ensure the health and safety of employees
  Summary/citation: The employer should provide conditions for hygiene at the workplace, and to guarantee safety and conditions for work, specially in relation to precautions from: fire, lighting, ventilation, noise and water.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 281)
- 4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees
  No data available.
- 4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace
  No data available.
- 4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work
  Summary / Citation: The employer must conduct a medical examination of employees prior to the initiation of work, and then on a regular basis.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 290)
  - 4.4.1 Specific hazards for which surveillance is required
    No data available.
- 4.5 Surveillance of the working environment and working practices
  Summary / Citation: The occupational physician should monitor the safety of the workplace as well as the health of the workers.
  Restrictions / obligations: An occupational physician is required in industrial/commercial/agriculture, forestry and the like/contracting industry with 50 or more workers. This physician is also required in workplaces (with 50 workes or more) where workers are potentially exposed to occupational diseases, as per the list of occupational diseases.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 318)
- 4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: Workers who work in wells, gas pipes, smoke channels, sanitation systems or any other locations in which poisonous gas is released must be protected with the necessary protectvie equipment.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 284)
- 4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment
  Summary / Citation: However, one of the responsibilities of the OSH committee at the workplace is to ensure the use of personal protective equipment by the workers.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 338)
- 4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities
  Yes.
  - 4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid
    Summary / Citation: At least two workers should be trained on first aid.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 317)
  - 4.8.2 Sanitary installations
    Summary / Citation: Sanitary installations that fulfill particular standards are required.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 9)
  - 4.8.3 Drinking water
    Summary / Citation: The employer must provide clean drinking water.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 281)
  - 4.8.4 Rest and eating areas
    Summary / Citation: Special areas for eating should be provided.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 21)
5 Employers’ duty to organize prevention formally along generally accepted OSH management principles and practices
- 5.1 Elements of an OSH management system
  Sometimes.
  - 5.1.1 Policy or plan specifying responsibilities and arrangements for health and safety
    No data available.
  - 5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety
    No data available.
  - 5.1.3 Written risk assessment
    No data available.
  - 5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures
    Summary/citation: The employer should ensure that the workplace is safe, and the hazard-control measures are implimented.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 281)
  - 5.1.5 Training and information on risks
    Summary/citation: The employer must inform workers in writing about OSH precautions and regulations.
    It is mentioned that the employer must inform workers about safety and precautionary measures in relation to machinery and should post the necessary instructions. Also, that the employer must inform the designated physician at the workpalce about the machine precautionary measures.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 23,289,326)
  - 5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures
    No data available.
  - 5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety
    Summary/citation: It is only mentioned that: the OSH committee should include 2 representatives of workers as well as representative(s) of trade unions.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established at the workplace in industrial/commercial/agriculture, forestry and the like/contracting industry with 50 or more workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 337,339)
- 5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard
  No data available.
6 Employers’ duty to ensure availability of expertise and competence in health and safety
- 6.1 OSH competence
  Sometimes.
  - 6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety
    No data available.
    - 6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services
      No data available.
- 6.2 Appointment of an OSH practitioner
  Summary/citation: The occupational physician plays a precautionary role as an OSH officer. Responsibilities include: regularly observing conditions of work, observe precautions from accidents, and improving conditions of work.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 321)
  - 6.2.1 Workforce size threshold for the appointment of OSH practitioners
    Summary/citation: 50+ workers in industrial/commercial/agriculture and fostery and the like/contractory industry sectors.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 304)
7 Workers' rights and duties
- 7.1 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own safety and health
  Summary / Citation: The employee's failure to comply with OSH instructions as described by the legislation can cause the employee's dismissal without notice and lose of compensation for any harm, as long as workers are informed about these instructions.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 293)
- 7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.3 Supervisors’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.4 Senior officers’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others
  No data available.
- 7.5 Self-employed persons’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own and other people’s health and safety
  No data available.
- 7.6 Duty to comply with OSH-related requirements
  Summary / Citation: The employee's failure to comply with OSH instructions as described by the legislation can cause the employee's dismissal without notice and lose of compensation for any harm, as long as workers are informed about these instructions.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 293)
- 7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures
  Summary / Citation: It is only mentioned that the OSH committee should include 2 representatives of workers as well as representative(s) of trade unions.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 337,339)
- 7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation
  No data available.
- 7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work
  No data available.
  - 7.9.1 Right to withdraw with compensation when workers are not reassigned to non-hazard work
    No data available.
8 Consultation, collaboration and co-operation with workers and their representatives
- 8.1 National OSH committee, commission, council or similar body
  Summary / Citation: The "national board on OSH" and the "Institut national des conditions de vie au travail" (INCVT) which both have an advisory role are to be established.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 332)
  - 8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions
    Summary / Citation: To provide recommendations for the improvement of OSH inspection, medical centres at the workplace, and all that is relevant to OSH.
    
    The INCVT provides guidance and advice to enterprises.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 332)
  - 8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities
    Summary / Citation: The OSH board is composed of a Minister of Labour (or representative), professional organisations for employers, and trade unions of workers.
    • Décret n° 2-04-512 du 29 décembre 2004 fixant les membres du Conseil de médecine du travail et de prévention des risques professionnels et les modalités de leur nomination et de fonctionnement dudit conseil.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 333)
- 8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks
  Summary / Citation: It is only mentioned that the OSH committee should include 2 representatives of workers as well as representative(s) of trade unions.
  Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 337,339)
- 8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters
  Summary / Citation: When the enterprise has more than 50 workers, the OSH committee at the workplace should include 2 representatives of workers.
  Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 336)
  - 8.3.1 Workforce size conditions for workers’ representation in health and safety
    Summary / Citation: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers, which should include 2 representatives of workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 337,339)
  - 8.3.2 Conditions of eligibility to represent workers in health and safety
    Summary / Citation: They are chosen from the group elected by workers to represent them at the workplace. These representatives should have the following qualifications: to be at least 20 years old and have worked at the establishment for at least one year (besides the relatives of the employers).
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 439)
- 8.4 OSH representatives’ functions, rights and powers
  Sometimes.
  - 8.4.1 Right to inspect the workplace
    Summary / Citation: The right of OSH representatives to inspect is not explicitly stated in the law. However OSH representatives within the OSH committee have the following obligations which might implicitly include the right to inspect:
    (1) work on the application of legislative and regulatory texts in the area of occupational safety and health;
    (2) ensure the proper maintenance and use of protective equipment;
    (3) ensure the preservation of the environment within the enterprise and its surroundings.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 338)
  - 8.4.2 Right to access OSH information
    Summary / Citation: The right of OSH representatives to access information is not explicitly stated in the law. However OSH representatives within the OSH committee have the following obligations which might implicitly include the right to access information:
    (1) work on the application of legislative and regulatory texts in the area of occupational safety and health;
    (2) ensure the proper maintenance and use of protective equipment;
    (3) ensure the preservation of the environment within the enterprise and its surroundings;
    (4) participate in making decisions specially with respect to job curricula, the selection of the appropriate equipments/tools/machinery;
    (5) provide recommendations on the health and safety of workers with disabilities;
    (6) express opinions about the medical services provided at the workplace;
    (7) develop a sense of need for the prevention of occupational risks.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 338)
  - 8.4.3 Right to be present at interviews
    No data available.
  - 8.4.4 Right to receive professional assistance from OSH experts
    No data available.
  - 8.4.5 Right to accompany inspectors
    No data available.
  - 8.4.6 Right to use facilities
    Summary / Citation: The right of OSH representatives to use facilities is not explicitly stated in the law. However OSH representatives within the OSH committee have the following obligations which might implicitly include the right to use facilities:
    (1) work on the application of legislative and regulatory texts in the area of occupational safety and health;
    (2) ensure the proper maintenance and use of protective equipment;
    (3) ensure the preservation of the environment within the enterprise and its surroundings;
    (4) participate in making decisions especially with respect to job curricula, the selection of the appropriate equipments, tools and machinery;
    (5) provide recommendations on the health and safety of workers with disabilities;
    (6) express opinions about the medical services provided at the workplace;
    (7) develop a sense of need for the prevention of occupational risks.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 338)
  - 8.4.7 Right to have time off work with pay to perform duties
    Summary / Citation: The time spent by workers' representatives during meetings shall be paid.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 339)
  - 8.4.8 Right to issue remedial notices
    No data available.
  - 8.4.9 Right to resolve OSH issues in consultation with employers
    No data available.
  - 8.4.10 Right to direct that dangerous work cease
    No data available.
- 8.5 Right of workers’ representatives from outside the undertaking to address OSH issues at the workplace
  No data available.
  - 8.5.1 Right to enter the workplace
    No data available.
  - 8.5.2 Right to investigate suspected non-compliance with OSH legislation
    No data available.
  - 8.5.3 Right to consult with workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.4 Right to advise workers
    No data available.
  - 8.5.5 Right to initiate enforcement action
    No data available.
- 8.6 Joint OSH Committee
  Summary / Citation: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 305)
  - 8.6.1 Participation of workers’ representatives in joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee should include 2 representatives of workers as well as representative(s) of trade unions.
    The meetings of the OSH committee are to be considered as part of work time for members who are workers.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 337,339)
  - 8.6.2 Conditions for establishing a joint OSH committee
    Summary / Citation: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 337)
  - 8.6.3 Objectives, roles and/or functions of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The obligations of the committees include: (1) to work on the application of legislative and regulatory texts in the area of occupational safety and health, (2) to ensure the proper maintenance and use of protective equipment, (3) to ensure the preservation of the environment within the enterprise and its surroundings, (4) to participate in making decisions specially with respect to job curricula, the selection of the appropriate equipments/tools/machinery, (5) to provide recommendations on the health and safety of workers with disabilities, (6) to express opinions about the medical services provided at the workplace, (7) to develop a sense of need for the prevention of occupational risks.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 338)
  - 8.6.4 Keeping record of the work of joint OSH committees
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee should keep records in relation to its meetings (such meetings must occur after a dangerous accident).
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established in industrial, commercial, and crafts enterprises and within agricultural and forestry sites/holdings and their dependencies/contractors which employ at least 50 workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 343)
  - 8.6.5 Sharing the minutes of joint OSH committees meetings
    No data available.
- 8.7 Mandatory training for members of joint OSH committee(s)
  Summary / Citation: It is only mentioned that the OSH committee at the workplace can invite members in the enterprise with knowledge in OSH to participate.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 337)
- 8.8 Protection against reprisals
  No data available.
- 8.9 Immunity from civil and criminal liability for exercising OSH related rights and duties
  No data available.
9 Specific hazards or risks
- 9.1 Biological hazards
  No data available.
- 9.2 Chemical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.2.1 Handling, storage, labelling and use
    Summary / Citation: Specific legislative texts provide safety measures in relation to lead, nitroglycol and nitroglycerine, benzene, methyl bromide, cements, manganese, coal and arsine.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2004
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.2.2 Duty of manufacturers, suppliers and importers of chemicals in relation to the safety and health of users
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2004
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.2.3 Pesticides
    Yes.
    • Dahir nº 1-97-01 du 21 janvier 1997 portant promulgation de la loi nº 42-95 relative au contrôle et à l'organisation du commerce des produits pesticides à usage agricole
- 9.3 Ergonomic hazards
  Yes.
  • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§§ 302-303)
- 9.4 Physical hazards
  Sometimes.
  - 9.4.1 Ionising radiation
    Yes.
    • Décret nº 2-97-30 du 28 octobre 1997 pris pour l'application de la loi nº 005-71 du 12 octobre 1971 relative à la protection contre les rayonnements ionisants
    • Loi nº 005-71 du 12 octobre 1971 du Ministère de la Santé relative à la protection contre les rayonnements ionisants
    • Arrêté du 1 août 1951 du directeur du travail et des questions sociales déterminant les termes de l'avis concernant les dangers que présentent les corps radioactifs ainsi que les précautions à prendre pour les éviter
  - 9.4.2 Vibration and noise
    Yes.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§§ 15-18)
  - 9.4.3 Working at height
    Yes.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§§ 1-3)
  - 9.4.4 Working in confined spaces
    No data available.
  - 9.4.5 Risks arising from poor maintenance of workplace facilities
    Yes.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§§ 4,5,6,11,12,13)
  - 9.4.6 Exposure to extreme temperatures
    Yes.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§ 14)
  - 9.4.7 Fire risks
    Yes.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (Book 7, Chapter 5)
  - 9.4.8 Tobacco
    Yes.
    • Loi n° 15-91 relative à l'interdiction de fumer et de faire de la publicité et de la propagande en faveur du tabac dans certains lieux publics
  - 9.4.9 Asbestos
    Yes.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.4.10 Risks related to nanotechnology
    No data available.
  - 9.4.11 Contraction of HIV in the workplace
    No data available.
- 9.5 Psychosocial hazards
  Yes.
  - 9.5.1 Psychosocial risks
    Summary / Citation: The employee may terminate the contract in case the employer commits gross insult and incitement of corruption.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 40)
  - 9.5.2 Occupational violence
    Summary / Citation: The employee may terminate the contract in case the employer commits any form of violence and sexual harassment.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 40)
- 9.6 Other hazardous substances
  Yes.
  • Arrêté du ministre de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle n° 93-08 du 12 mai 2008 fixant les mesures d'application générales et particulières relatives aux principes énoncés aux articles 281 à 291 du Code du travail. (§ 3)
  • Arrêté conjoint nº 715-68 du 24 avril 1970 du ministre du travail, de l’emploi et de la formation professionnelle et du ministre de la santé publique fixant les examens à pratiquer au cours des visites médicales des travailleurs exposés aux risques de pneumoconioses professionnelles
  • Décret royal no 719-68 du 20 novembre 1968 déterminant les mesures particulières de prévention médicale applicables dans les établissements où le personnel effectue des travaux l'exposant de façon habituelle à l'inhalation de poussières d'origine industrielle ou participe à l'exécution de ces travaux. (Book 7, Chapter 5)
  • Arrêté conjoint nº 528-68 du 21 novembre 1968 du ministre du travail et des affaire sociales et du ministre du commerce, de l’industrie, dies mines et de la marine marchande, fixant la liste des travaux exposant le personnel, d’une façon habituelle a l’inhalation de poussières d’origine industrielle
  • Arrêté conjoint nº 527-68 du 21 novembre 1968 de ministre du travail et des affaires sociales et du ministre du commerce, de l’industrie, des mines et de la marine marchande et du ministre de la santé publique, fixant la procédure et les conditions suivants lesquelles certains parties d’établissements peuvent être reconnues ne pas exposer les travailleurs au risqué de pneumoconioses professionnelles
- 9.7 Machineries
  Sometimes.
  - 9.7.1 Risks related to machinery and tools
    Summary / Citation: Engines of machines must be isolated with fences, or protected by barriers. Moving parts of machinery (such as wheels) should also be protected. Machine use must be prevented in the case where officials designate it as dangerous. The employer must pose safety instructions on machinery.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 285-289)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Observation 2004
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.7.2 Duty of designers and/or manufacturers of machineries in relation to the occupational safety and health of operators of machineries
    Summary / Citation: The purchase/rental of machines or machinery parts that pose a threat to the worker is prohibited.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 283)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Observation 2004
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.7.3 Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers of machineries to provide machineries information
    Summary / Citation: The purchase/rental of machines or machinery parts that pose a threat to the worker is prohibited.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 283)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Observation 2004
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.7.4 Duty to purchase machineries from authorised/certificated suppliers or only if approved/certificated
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Observation 2004
    • Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.7.5 Maintenance of machinery and equipment
    No data available.
    - 9.7.5.1 List of equipment where applicable
      No data available.
- 9.8 Provisions to protect workers in specific condition of vulnerability
  Yes.
  - 9.8.1 Protection of pregnancy at work
    Summary / Citation: Pregnant women are prohibited from work that requires lifting more than 5 kilograms or that exposes them to specific chemical/biological agents.
    • Décret n° 2-10-183 du 16 novembre 2010 fixant la liste des travaux auxquels il est interdit d'occuper certaines catégories de personnes. (§ 4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2021
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2004
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.8.2 Protection of lactating women at work
    Summary / Citation: Lactating women are prohibited from work that requires lifting more than 5 kilograms or that exposes them to specific chemical/biological agents.
    • Décret n° 2-10-183 du 16 novembre 2010 fixant la liste des travaux auxquels il est interdit d'occuper certaines catégories de personnes. (§ 4)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) Direct Request 2021
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Observation 2004
    • Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Direct Request 2021
  - 9.8.3 Limits to women’s access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts
    Summary / Citation: Women are prohibited from specific types of work.
    • Décret n° 2-10-183 du 16 novembre 2010 fixant la liste des travaux auxquels il est interdit d'occuper certaines catégories de personnes. (§ 4)
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 179,181)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) Direct Request 2009
  - 9.8.4 Limits to workers’ access to specific occupations, undertakings or shifts by reason of age
    Summary / Citation: Those below the age of eighteen are prohibited from specific types of work.
    • Décret n° 2-10-183 du 16 novembre 2010 fixant la liste des travaux auxquels il est interdit d'occuper certaines catégories de personnes. (§§ 2,3)
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 179-181, 183)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2018
    • Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2018
10 Recording, notification and investigation of accidents/incidents and diseases
- 10.1 Duty to record and/or investigate the causes of work accidents, near misses incidents and cases of occupational diseases
  Sometimes.
  - 10.1.1 Work-related accidents
    Summary / Citation: The OSH committee should prepare a yearly report about occupational accidents and diseases.
    Restrictions / obligations: An OSH committee is to be established at the workplace in industrial, commercial, agriculture, forestry and (the like) contracting sectors with 50 or more workers.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 342)
  - 10.1.2 Near miss incidents
    No data available.
  - 10.1.3 Occupational diseases
    Summary / Citation: A special form should be filled with specific information related to the accident/disease.
    • Arrêté du ministre de l'Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle n° 345-05 du 9 février 2005 fixant le modèle du rapport qu'il faut élaborer sur les circonstances de l'accident du travail, de la maladie professionnelle ou à caractère professionnel.
- 10.2 Employers’ duty to notify OSH authorities of work related death and/or injuries to health
  Summary / Citation: The occupational physician should report all occupational diseases/accidents.
  Restrictions / obligations: 50+ workers in industrial/commercial/agriculture and fostery and the like/contractory industry sectors
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 324)
  Related CEACR Comments
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
  • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
11 OSH inspection and enforcement of OSH legislation
- 11.1 Appointment of OSH inspectors
  Summary / Citation: Inspectors are assigned to observe and monitor the application of legal provisions.
  • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 530)
- 11.2 OSH inspectors’ powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.2.1 Power to enter workplaces
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors have the right to enter the workplace at any time during the day/night.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 533)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
  - 11.2.2 Power to inspect and carry out any examination, test or enquiry
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors have the right to conduct inspections to ensure the implementation of regulations on occupational safety and health. These include conducting interviews with workers and employers, taking samples of materials from the workplace, and inspecting records/documents.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§§ 533,535)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
  - 11.2.3 Power to investigate
    No data available.
  - 11.2.4 Duty to provide advice on OSH
    Summary / Citation: Responsibilities of inspectors include providing employers with advice and technical information on the application of legislation.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 532)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
- 11.3 OSH inspectors’ enforcement powers
  Sometimes.
  - 11.3.1 Power to issue orders or notices
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors can issue warnings/notices to employers violating provisions on occupational safety and health.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 540)
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
  - 11.3.2 Power to impose financial penalties
    No data available.
  - 11.3.3 Power to revoke or suspend licenses or authorisations
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
  - 11.3.4 Power to require the cessation of dangerous work
    No data available.
    Related CEACR Comments
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2014
    • Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2014
  - 11.3.5 Power to initiate prosecutions
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors could initiate prosecutions if employers did not comply with their notice regarding occupational safety and health. The judicial authority will then determine the necessary prosecutions of the employer.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 540)
  - 11.3.6 Power to conduct prosecutions
    No data available.
  - 11.3.7 Other enforcement powers
    No data available.
- 11.4 Application of sanctions by courts
  Sometimes.
  - 11.4.1 Financial penalties for legal persons
    Summary / Citation: Inspectors can issue warnings/notices to employers violating provisions on occupational safety and health.
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 297)
  - 11.4.2 Financial penalties for natural persons
    No data available.
  - 11.4.3 Non-financial sanctions
    Summary / Citation: The temporary closure of the enterprise could be required in the case of imminent danger (as per an order from judicial authorities).
    • Dahir n° 1-03-194 du 11 septembre 2003 portant promulgation de la loi n° 65-99 relative au Code du travail. (§ 543)
  - 11.4.4 Criminal liability
    No data available.
  - 11.4.5 Terms of imprisonment for natural persons
    No data available.

Morocco - 2013

Themes

1 Description of national OSH regulatory framework

1.1 Description of OSH regulatory framework

2 Scope, coverage and exclusions

2.1 Health and safety covers physical and psychological health

2.2 Definition of worker

2.2.1 Coverage of particular categories of workers

2.2.1.1 Migrant workers

2.2.1.2 Domestic workers

2.2.1.3 Home workers

2.2.1.4 Self-employed persons

2.3 Definition of employer

2.4 Exclusion of branches of economic activity

2.4.1 Agriculture

2.4.2 Construction

2.4.3 Services

2.4.4 Public sector

2.4.5 Other

2.5 Definition of occupational accident

2.6 Definition of occupational disease

2.6.1 List of occupational diseases

2.6.2 Mechanism for compensating other diseases as occupational ones

3 Institutions and programmes relating to OSH administration and/or enforcement

3.1 Competent national authority for safety and health at work

3.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

3.1.2 Chairperson and composition

3.2 National OSH research programme or institute

3.2.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

3.2.2 Governance board constitution and chairmanship

3.2.3 Source of funding

3.3 National OSH programme

3.3.1 Consultation on the national OSH programme

4 Employers’ duties and responsibilities to protect the safety and health of workers and others

4.1 Duty to ensure the health and safety of employees

4.2 Duty to protect the health and safety of people other than their own employees

4.3 Collaboration among two or more employers at the same workplace

4.4 Surveillance of workers’ health in relation to work

4.4.1 Specific hazards for which surveillance is required

4.5 Surveillance of the working environment and working practices

4.6 Duty to provide personal protective equipment

4.7 Duty to ensure the usage of personal protective equipment

4.8 Duty to provide first-aid and welfare facilities

4.8.1 Arrangements for first-aid

4.8.2 Sanitary installations

4.8.3 Drinking water

4.8.4 Rest and eating areas

5 Employers’ duty to organize prevention formally along generally accepted OSH management principles and practices

5.1 Elements of an OSH management system

5.1.1 Policy or plan specifying responsibilities and arrangements for health and safety

5.1.2 Appointment of a person for health and safety

5.1.3 Written risk assessment

5.1.4 Safe operating work systems and procedures

5.1.5 Training and information on risks

5.1.6 Review or assessment of the results of preventive measures

5.1.7 Consultation with workers in health and safety

5.2 Obligation to implement a specific OSH management system or standard

6 Employers’ duty to ensure availability of expertise and competence in health and safety

6.1 OSH competence

6.1.1 Requirement to access expert advice and/or support in health and safety

6.1.1.1 Qualifications of experts or professional services

6.2 Appointment of an OSH practitioner

6.2.1 Workforce size threshold for the appointment of OSH practitioners

7 Workers' rights and duties

7.1 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own safety and health

7.2 Duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.3 Supervisors’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.4 Senior officers’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect the safety and health of others

7.5 Self-employed persons’ duty to take reasonable steps to protect their own and other people’s health and safety

7.6 Duty to comply with OSH-related requirements

7.7 Right to enquire about risks and preventive measures

7.8 Right to remove themselves from a dangerous situation

7.9 Right to be reassigned to non-hazard work

7.9.1 Right to withdraw with compensation when workers are not reassigned to non-hazard work

8 Consultation, collaboration and co-operation with workers and their representatives

8.1 National OSH committee, commission, council or similar body

8.1.1 Objectives, roles and/or functions

8.1.2 Constitution and chairmanship modalities

8.2 Employers’ duty to consult workers on risks

8.3 Workers’ right to select their representatives for health and safety matters