Job handbook, final version of Standard Rules for Secondary Conditions of Employment and Guidelines for Starting Fees for Publishing Arts Organizations.

New and recalibrated fair pay practice tools

The chain table of literary organizations presented a Job Handbook and a Standard Regulation on fringe benefits in early December. Further research into the zzp rates included in the Standard Arrangement was to follow, given other chain tables and collective bargaining agreements. Meanwhile, these zzp rates have been increased and the recalibrated Standard Regulation on fringe benefits is available. These two fair pay practice tools are primarily intended for workers at literary festivals, events and literary-educational institutions.

After the public consultation of the past few weeks, the chain table can now present a third practice tool: the Guideline on Starting Rates for Performing Authors and (Spoken Word) Artists.

When asked, VLAM21, the umbrella organization of producing literary organizations, recently calculated the fair pay additional costs at €0.6 million per year. For the time being, the former State Secretary of OCW has allocated approximately € 0.3 million structurally to bridge this gap by 2025.

Practice tools:

AWVN i.c.w. FairPACCT Chain Table Literary Organizations fair pay practice tool 1: ‘Job handbook producing literary organizations. Final version, November 2023.’

• AWVN Job Handbook Producing literary organizations, additional appendix Analysis Framework notes, Sept. 2023
• AWVN Job Handbook Producing literary organizations, additional appendix Indexing wage structure CaoTD, July 2023

FairPACCT Chain Table Literature organizations fair pay practice tool 2:
‘Standard arrangement of fringe benefits for producing literary organizations: literary festivals, manifestations and literary-educational institutions. Final Version, December 2023.’

FairPACCT Chain Table Literature Organizations fair pay practice tool 3: ‘Guideline Starting Rates Performing Authors and (Spoken Word) Artists.