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Ten fair pay proposals from six fairPACCT chain tables have undergone consultation and were presented to stakeholders on November 27. The responses were positive; in a single case, the input led to a minor technical adjustment. Therefore, these fair pay practical tools can now be put into practice! Dat samen met een aantal onderzoeken naar honoreringen in het werkveld en referentiekaders bestaande uit vergelijkingen met cao’s en richtlijnen in culturele en andere aanpalende sectoren.
The practical tools
The practical tools consist of guidelines with rates and research/products focused on primary and secondary employment conditions. Where necessary, additional guides or manuals are or will be provided, taking into account the specific work situations of certain categories of workers. See below for an overview of the practical tools per chain table.
The practical tools of the chain tables complement the national study ‘Fair Pay closer’ (‘Fair Pay dichterbij’) of November 16, commissioned by Kunsten ’92 and supported by an OCW grant, which used 2022 as the benchmark year for collective labor agreements and other remuneration guidelines.
Many subsidy desks with fair pay conditions have been open since last Friday, December 1. The fair pay practical tools and studies from the chain tables can be consulted for this purpose. More information follows at the bottom of this news item.
Sector Table for Art Professionals in Cultural Education and Amateur Arts
The fairPACCT Chain Table for Art Professionals in Cultural Education and Amateur Arts hereby presents the ‘Rates Tool Guide’. This contains 13 types of main activities and is intended for self-employed professionals in this cultural subsector and their clients for whom no collective labor agreement applies. The guide includes a separate Excel file with financial background data as an appendix, as well as an appendix with tables providing advisory rates including a freelance markup and markup for additional activities.
- SFM in collaboration with fairPACCT Chain Table for Arts Education and Amateur Arts fair pay practical tool: ‘Guide to the Rate Tool for freelance arts professionals and their clients. Final version. November 2023.’
- Appendix 1 to the fair pay practical tool, SFM Excel: ‘Financial background data. Accompanying the Guide to the Rate Tool for Arts Education and Amateur Arts. Final version. November 2023.’
- Appendix 2 to the fair pay practical tool, SFM ‘Tables with recommended rates including freelance surcharge, respectively excluding and including surcharge for additional activities. Accompanying the Guide to the Rate Tool for Arts Education and Amateur Arts. Final version. November 2023.’
Literature Organizations Chain Table
The Chain Table for Literature Organizations et al. hereby presents a Job Manual and a Standard Scheme for secondary employment conditions. These are primarily intended for those working at literary festivals, events, and literature-educational institutions.
- AWVN in collaboration with FairPACCT Literary Organizations chain table fair pay practical tool 1: ‘Job Classification Manual for literary production organizations. Final version, November 2023.’
- AWVN Job Manual Producing literature organizations, extra appendix Analysis framework explanation, Sept. 2023
- AWVN Job Manual Producing literature organizations, extra appendix Indexing salary structure CAO TD, July 2023
- FairPACCT Literary Organizations chain table fair pay practical tool 2:
‘Standard Regulations for secondary employment conditions for literary production organizations: literary festivals, events, and literature-educational institutions. Final version, December 2023.’
Click here to read more about the practical tools of the Chain Table for Literature Organizations.
Chain Table for Archaeology
The Chain Table for Archaeology et al. hereby presents an unofficial Job Classification System and a Standard Scheme for secondary employment conditions. Based on a specific Labor Monitor and additional in-depth research among companies and government bodies, this Job Classification System covers five main categories, each with three types of positions. These include current remuneration levels. A Standard Scheme has also been created based on a detailed comparison with four existing related collective labor agreements and a withdrawn archaeological company CLA.
- FairPACCT Archaeology Chain Table fair pay practical tool 1:
Unofficial Job Framework for archaeology. Final version, November 2023. - FairPACCT Archaeology Chain Table fair pay practical tool 2:
Standard Regulations for secondary employment conditions in archaeology. Final version, November 2023.
Click here to read more about the practical tools of the Chain Table for Archaeology.
Pop Musicians Chain Table
The Chain Table for Pop Musicians maintains the fair pay fee levels for performing musicians as included in the report ‘The gap between effort and income of pop musicians‘ from January 2023. The report distinguishes five career phases, each with its own fee level: 0/Starting up, 1/Upcoming, 2/Developing, 3/Mid-career, 4/Arrived. The online Calculation Tool developed for this purpose uses 11 objective criteria to determine which phase an artist/act belongs to and the corresponding fee.
- Berenschot in collaboration with the Pop Musicians Chain Table fair pay practical tool 1:
‘The gap between effort and income of pop musicians. Final version, January 2023.’ - Appendix 1 to fair pay practical tool 1, Berenschot in collaboration with the Chain Table:
‘Table with social minimum and fair pay fees for performing pop musicians in 5 career stages.
Final version. January 2023.’ - Ipsis in collaboration with the Pop Musicians Chain Table fair pay practical tool 2:
‘Online Calculation Tool for determining the career stage of pop musicians. Final version, November 2023.’
Click here to read more about the practical tools of the Chain Table for Pop Musicians.
Chain Table Freelance Classical Musicians
The Chain Table for Freelance Classical Musicians hereby presents the ‘Final Report on Starting Rates: Results of instrument development for fair practice for freelance classical musicians’. This includes an online Rates Tool so that musicians can calculate their own fees for performances without a collective labor agreement using the criteria in the report. Seven professional practices are distinguished in the final report. The starting point is a professional at the Higher Professional Education (HBO) level.
- KNYFE in collaboration with the Freelance Classical Musicians Chain Table fair pay practical tool 1:
‘Final Report on Starting Rates. Results of fair practice instrument development for freelance classical musicians. Final version, November 2023.’ - KNYFE in collaboration with the Freelance Classical Musicians Chain Table fair pay practical tool 2:
‘Online Calculation Tool fair pay for freelance classical musicians. Final version, November 2023’.
Culture Marketing and Communication Sector Table
The Chain Table for Cultural Marketing and Communication hereby presents three fair pay practical tools. These include a Manifesto on the value of cultural marketers and a White Paper with seven associated practical examples. It also involves a comparison of the remuneration for five types of MarCom positions in various cultural collective labor agreements with those in the Dutch business sector (BV Nederland). Two specific supporting documents have been produced: a reference framework plus a study on project criteria for marketing and communication costs by funds and government bodies.
- FairPACCT Culture Marketing and Communication Chain Table Manifesto ‘Manifesto. Without culture marketers, no audience. Without an audience, no culture. October 2023.’
- FairPACCT Culture Marketing and Communication Chain Table White Paper ‘White Paper. From manifesto to reality. Seven powerful practical examples of the impact of marketing and communication. October 2023.’
- FairPACCT Culture Marketing and Communication Chain Table Comparison of remuneration in the cultural sector with the Dutch business sector ‘Five job levels in culture marketing and communication. First comparison between the Dutch business sector and the cultural sector. September 2023.’
Veel subsidieloketten met fair pay voorwaarden sinds 1 december open
We would like to point out that the use of these practical tools by the field is relevant. After all, the desks for multi-year subsidies from the State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science (OCW), as well as from various National Cultural Funds and municipalities, have been open since last Friday, December 1. At the national level, fair pay is a condition in the subsidy schemes. Institutions must endorse the Fair Practice Code and indicate how they comply with it. Some provisions are listed below:
– If an institution subsidized by OCW has not joined collective agreements on remuneration, such as collective labor agreements or remuneration guidelines, by January 1, 2025, its subsidy may be withdrawn.
– At the Performing Arts Fund NL, all applicants must have a remuneration policy in their subsidy request that refers to a (related) collective labor agreement or guideline, and they must make their remuneration policy public.
– Applicants to the Cultural Participation Fund must demonstrate that remuneration is fair pay. This can be done by showing alignment with existing collective agreements on remuneration, such as the most obvious collective labor agreement and/or the social dialogue between employers or clients and employees or contractors.
– The Mondriaan Fund requires that applying regular (visual) arts venues have an active and implemented policy regarding the Fair Practice Code. Broad institutions must also have a step-by-step plan with points for improvement. For starting organizations, they must endorse the Code, apply it as best as possible, and formulate ambitions for the next 2 years. Furthermore, there is the artist’s fee scheme to stimulate fair pay at visual arts institutions.
– The Dutch Foundation for Literature will present its multi-year subsidy schemes for literary festivals/events and literature-educational organizations in the coming days. The same applies to the Creative Industries Fund NL, which has collaborated with fairPACCT with a view to fair pay. The Film Fund works exclusively with project subsidies, but based on the chain table practical tools, comparative in-depth research into previous budgets and accounts, plus chain table guides per field, it encourages applicants to act in accordance with fair pay from 2025 onwards.
