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Updated Commercial Rates from 1st September
Contracts are issued based on a Standard Working Day (SWD) that includes the hours you are expected to be available for, plus a 1 hour rest break, but an individual or a series of days can be shortened to a Continuous Working Day (CWD) or a Semi-Continuous Working Day (SCWD) where lost breaks are compensated in Paid time off/reduced hours worked, while retaining the Full SWD fee.
NOTE: From 1st September 2022, the 11+1 contract is no longer acceptable, however the figures are quoted here for those crewmembers who are on long running jobs that were contracted before the termination date.
Standard Working Days (SWD)
There are 2 types of SWD, which both comprises of a number of paid hours of work plus 1 hour unpaid lunch break
10 hour worked + 1 hour lunch aka 10+1. Frequently referred to as an 11 hr day. ie 0800-1300 + 1400-1900
11 hour worked + 1 hour lunch aka 11+1. Frequently referred to as a 12 hr day. ie 0800-1330 + 1430-2000
You will be paid your SWD fee in full for each of these day types, with any additional time or breaches, subject to the overtime clause
Continuous Working Days (CWD)
There are 2 types of CWD, which both comprises of a number of paid hours that INCLUDES a 20 minute break, based on and paid as, the equivalent SWD
10+1 SWD becomes a 9 hour CWD (8hrs40 work + 20 mins informal break) ie 0800-1700
11+1 SWD becomes a 10 hour CWD (9hrs40 work + 20 mins informal break) ie 0800-1800
You will be paid your SWD fee in full for each of these day types, with any additional time or breaches, subject to the overtime clause
Semi-Continuous Working Days (SCWD)
Despite a legal and mathematical explanations of how a SCWD should be calculated, it seems that producers generally dictate a working pattern that does not correctly apply the appropriate compensation for loss of the entitled lunch break.
On a SWD, a loss of 30 mins lunch break would be compensated for by using one 30 minute overtime segments.
On a SCWD, the hours that you should be negotiating in order to be compensated correctly are:
10+1 SWD becomes a 9.5 hour SCWD (9hr worked + 30 mins lunch) ie 0800-1300 + 1330-1730
11+1 SWD becomes a 10.5 hour SCWD (10hr worked + 30 mins lunch) ie 0800-1300 + 1330-1830
You will be paid your SWD fee in full for each of these day types, with any additional time or breaches, subject to the overtime
Advisory Note:
Where a meaningful negotiation, or a rejection of dictated hours, has taken place, the SCWD has been agreed as above, however be aware that many, but not all productions, are dictating a 9.5+30 or 10.5+30 SCWD, which only compensates the lost break time at 1T rather than the Overtime fee you would otherwise be entitled to.
Historical Reference
The 2017 TVDA listed the types of Day schedules that were afforded to Producers
6.2 Day Schedules & 6.3 Shooting Hours details Standard Working Day (SWD) & Continuous Working Days (CWD), and sets restrictions for Semi-Continuous Working Days (SCWD)
Contracted Hours are based on a Standard Working Day (SWD) plus any additional paid hours - (5.1.2) Also see notes on Prep & Wrap
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