Serra Erkli. Moishe film.
Serra Erkli has been asked why the minimum wage isn’t being paid for the work but she is unable to say. Caution should be exercised by anyone who is contacted about this production: it may very well add up to less than it first seems. Another employer to avoid.
Too much work, not enough trained workers.
That’s the conclusion Screenskills have come to in their latest report on the state of employment in our industry, which reveals there are acute shortages of suitably skilled workers in various unscripted TV roles.
Rajesh Kalhan. Boy About Town Films. Selfie Control.
Another employer trying to take on an unpaid Runner. If anyone has taken this work and not been paid for it, please feel free to make contact and we will pursue this chancer for the pay you should have received.
Marc Hayward. Spark Content.
Bullying, enforcing excessive working hours and failing to pay people on time. That about sums it up. There should clearly be no place for Hayward in our industry in the future. If he should crop up again, best advice is for everyone to continue to spread the word of his history.
Zuzanna Skurtys. Art Director.
Late payment and – occasionally - no payment at all, are twin dangers lurking with all employments. This employer walked away from her commitments to pay her workers and also refused to discuss the matter at all, simply shutting up shop to all enquiries.
Two articles all industry freelancers should read…
Disillusioned freelancers and the best places to work.
Global TV, holiday pay and the tax treatment of runners.
Global TV, getting it all wrong when it comes to holiday pay and the tax status of Runners.
Dave Morgan. DLM Media. Homecoming.
He likes to use freelancers, he just doesn’t fancy paying them.
Surabhi Bhatnagar.
“Living a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget”. Nice for her - not so much for the freelancers she stiffed for their pay.
Evelyn Obahor. Channel 52. Floodlight Broadcasting Network.
Lots of unpaid workers, BECTU have taken action.
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Vaishali Paatil. Mohaan Nadaar. ASEQ. Stone Circles Production.
A pair of filmmakers well worth avoiding if you want to be treated fairly and paid right.
Talking Lens Productions (Raza Mallal) and New Leaf Productions (Faisal Ahmad).
A Producer who did all he could to avoid paying the minimum wage - until a court stepped in…
Locked Down and Locked Out – the experience of working mothers in TV production.
At the best of times, balancing motherhood and a career in TV is incredibly tough. Every year many find that it is simply too hard to juggle the competing demands leading large numbers to drop out every year.
Leopard Pictures and the missing holiday pay.
Amanda Goddard gets holiday pay from her employer Argonon - so why aren’t freelancers getting it, as per their legal entitlement?
Man Vs Bee and the missing holiday pay.
Workers don’t get their legally entitled holiday pay on a Netflix production.