Bjijou: Morocco health workers keep civil-servant status
Minister Youns Bjijou says health workers keep their civil-servant status and acquired rights, as the General Treasury continues paying their salaries.
Morocco's Minister of Health and Social Protection, Youns Bjijou, said health-sector employees keep their civil-servant status and all their acquired rights, and that the General Treasury of the Kingdom will keep paying their salaries despite the rollout of the territorial health groups reform, according to le360.
The statement responded to concerns raised by health professionals and social partners, during a session the minister held before the Social Sectors Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, as part of the review of the 2027 sectoral budget bill, according to Al Yaoum 24.
Why did wage centralization worry health workers?
The controversy comes amid the rollout of the territorial health groups reform, which reorganizes the management of health facilities at the regional level, fueling fears among some professionals that the reorganization could extend to how they are paid and to their administrative status. Bjijou said wage centralization is neither an arbitrary nor a temporary decision, but rests on Article 23 of the 2025 Finance Law and on the decrees governing the territorial health groups, which provide that the General Treasury of the Kingdom remains in charge of processing and paying these employees' entitlements.
Bjijou: keeping civil-servant status is an essential guarantee
The minister stressed that there is no intention, now or in the future, to undermine the civil-servant status of medical, nursing, and technical staff, saying that "preserving this status is an essential institutional guarantee for professionals' stability and for safeguarding their rights." He called, per the same source, for an open-door approach, continuous listening, and social dialogue to address professionals' concerns, arguing that health workers are the real driver behind turning investment into actual care for citizens.
What does this mean in practice for health-sector employees?
In practice, the minister's statement requires no new action from employees: salaries keep being paid through the General Treasury as before, and their civil-servant status and acquired rights remain unchanged. The clarification comes amid a wider debate over the 2027 health budget, which also includes budget increases at other university hospital centers, while the ministry keeps expanding its health workforce through new recruitment competitions for nursing and health technician roles.