They operate in the trade, construction, or services sectors. They have given a new sign of life to the National Social Security Agency (CNSS) after having disappeared for a year, or they have simply just registered recently. These are companies that are giving a “sign of life” after having disappeared from the CNSS radars for a year and the newly insured. All these companies are called “incoming” companies according to the CNSS jargon. In 2021, 46,148 incoming insured companies were identified by CNSS, a figure up 18% compared to 2020, characterized by the Covid-19 crisis. Of this number, 62.9% of newcomers are first-time declarants. Faced with these “incoming” companies, CNSS noted that 25,945 companies, the majority of which employ between 1 and 3 employees, did not make any declaration in 2021.
Failing to give a precise idea of the new companies created, the 2021 demographic report of the CNSS gives an account of the declared payroll, the number of employees, or the sectors concerned.
Overall, the 46,148 incoming insured companies declared 2.87 billion dirhams (US $ 280,000,000) in terms of payroll, of which 31% was carried out by a handful of companies (228). These companies are found in the payroll bracket of 1 million dirhams (US $ 100,000) and more, and 54% of insured companies are concentrated in the range from 10,000 MAD (US $ 1,000) to 50,000 MAD (US $ 5,000), which refers to their size since the demographic ratio indicates that most companies have between 1 and 3 employees.
2021, a year marked by the launch of the major social protection project, saw an increase of 4%, at 3.5 million in the overall number of employees declared at least once during the financial year. This year, during which the growth rate reached 7.2% due to the good performance of the agricultural sector and the strong increase in secondary activities as well as the recovery of market services, was characterized by a workforce of 621,861 “incoming” wage-earners of which 355,830 are first-time applicants. These incoming employees were declared for an average of 4.6 months. This figure that hides disparities: 19% were for one single month, 16% for two months, and 13% for three months. On the other hand, only 4% were declared for 12 months. This refers, among other things, to the predominance of seasonal employment.
This being said, the average monthly salary of incoming wage-earners stood at 3,007 Dirhams versus 5,292 gross Dirhams recorded for the entire population of private sector employees. This average hides large differences: 71% of incoming employees earned less than 2,829 dirhams per month and 2% found themselves in the range of 5,000 to 6,000 dirhams.
Khadija MASMOUDI
