Representing Lighting Technicians working on UK based Commercials, Feature Films & TV Drama

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*NEW* Feb 25 - First Option Safety launch Guidance for Safe Management of MEWP in TV & Film Production 

Broken Turnaround

Are you working too many hours?

Producers should endeavour to give crew members 11 hours’ turnaround between the individual crew member’s wrap to their call (turnaround period).

However, working long hours and irregular work shifts are unfortunately still common practice in film and TV. When crew are scheduled to work days, evenings, nights and/or on a rotating basis we know that turnaround is frequently broken.

Many Lighting Crews have invoked a no TOC ban, but other departments are still being taken advantage of.

Please fill out this 2 min poll and share with your colleagues – your experiences of broken turnaround will help the union build a strong evidence base to help drive change.

Poll is open to anyone working in film and TV, not just Bectu members.

Protecting Rest Breaks

You must read your Deal Memo, contracts and Production Memos fully.

We have received multiple reports that contracts are being issued under different terms to those that have been verbally agreed at the time of confirmation.

Issues reported include:

If you sign these contracts, you are not only signing your rights away, but also the rights of all other sparks  who are trying to maintain the agreements that we have all fought so hard to uphold.

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