More than 8,000 inspections are planned as the government moves to enforce the new eight-hour working day for private security guards.
Law No. 32.26 came into force on July 16, with companies now required to bring working hours into line with the new limit.
Employment Minister Younes Sekkouri told labor inspectors on Tuesday that there would be “zero tolerance” for violations.
The inspections will cover working hours, wages and whether guards are properly registered with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS).
Companies that won contracts as well as the sites where guards actually work will be targeted.
Sekkouri estimated that between 500,000 and one million security guards work across the public and private sectors.
Reducing their working hours was given priority in the social dialogue agreement reached in April, he said.
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Companies have been given a transitional period to adjust contracts signed before the law took effect on July 16.
Sekkouri also sought to separate the inspections from the election calendar, saying enforcement of the law was not tied to the elections or to a possible change of government.
The administration, he said, would no longer tolerate practices that violate the new rules.
Inspectors will now have to establish whether that is happening on the ground.
