Abstract
Craftsmanship occupies a privileged place in Morocco's national economy: with an estimated 800,000 to one million artisans, the sector is the second-largest provider of employment after agriculture and a significant source of foreign currency through exports. Paradoxically, the craftsman holds the most precarious status of all workers—lacking even minimal social protection, occupying a highly ambiguous position under labor legislation, and, in certain branches such as child labor in carpet-making, subjected to exploitation bordering on slavery. This study highlights the manifest failure of public authorities to protect the artisan, whether as an independent worker or as an employee. As an independent worker, the craftsman faces harsh competition from the industrial sector, which captures both clientele and raw materials without any legal regulation, leaving the artisan a kind of "disguised unemployed." The article questions which legal status should be afforded to artisans and argues for adequate protection under labor law.
Recommended Citation
El Khyari, Abdelhak
(1990)
"The Craftsman and Labor Legislation: Which Status?,"
Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management): Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
https://doi.org/10.66499/2665-7112.1671
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/remadeg/vol9/iss1/13
DOI
10.66499/2665-7112.1671