Enable fair pay
A resilient sector requires fair pay. As a policymaker, you play an important and decisive role in this. FairPACCT provides you with the tools to develop policies that stimulate fair pay.
Fair pay for a flourishing sector
Everyone in society can benefit from a flourishing cultural and creative sector. However, the sector can only flourish if the people working within it do as well. Currently, the position of many workers in the cultural and creative sector is vulnerable. If we want to change this, fair pay is a must. When we compensate people appropriately for their work, it creates space for creativity, self-actualization, and talent development. And that benefits the entire sector.
Currently, many people in the cultural and creative sector work without a collective labor agreement (CAO). Some of them do not receive appropriate pay for their work. The guidelines and tools developed by fairPACCT provide concrete and transparent insights into what would constitute appropriate remuneration.
As a policymaker, you can play a crucial role in promoting fair pay. By creating policies and regulations that guarantee appropriate remuneration. By setting good examples, working on new standards in subsidies, laws, and regulations, and by monitoring compliance. You can also lead by example by purchasing services at appropriate rates or by contributing to awareness regarding fair pay. Make a difference. With the help of fairPACCT, contribute to a flourishing sector!
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What fairPACCT meant to them
‘We often see the same question from starting creators: I have to comply with that fair practice code, but what exactly is a fair rate?’
Anne Hendriks, fair practice specialist, Stimuleringsfonds
‘As a municipality, we indicate that we find it important for organizations to compensate their people fairly. That also strengthens them.’
Anne Marie ’t Hart, Alderman, Municipality of De Bilt
Frequently asked questions
What is fair pay?
Fair pay means: appropriate compensation for work. It is not just about pay, but also about matters such as training, disability insurance, and pensions. You can read more about this topic on our fair pay page. Alternatively, visit the Fair Practice Code website to learn more about fair pay, fair share, and fair chain. Three principles that are interwoven throughout all the values of the Fair Practice Code.
What does fairPACCT do?
It is a program of Platform ACCT and is subsidized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), at least until 2028. FairPACCT aims to translate the Fair Practice Code (specifically fair pay) into concrete tools for practical application. This is done per subsector with the help of a so-called chain table.
The role of fairPACCT is facilitating and guiding. The chain tables are supervised for several years by the fairPACCT team and an (independent) chair.
What is a chain table?
A chain table is a discussion forum. At this table, workers and employers are divided into subsectors. An overview of all recent chain tables can be found here. In addition to workers and employers, vocational training programs and intermediaries also participate. Together, they make proposals for better working conditions and develop practical instruments, such as rate guidelines.
What are fair pay practical instruments?
Fair Pay practice instruments are concrete guidelines and tools for putting fair pay into practice. They are developed by a chain table, potentially with the assistance of external research agencies. A practice instrument generally concerns fair pay and can take the form of a best practice, a conceptual framework (with definitions), a manual, a fee guideline, or a proposal for (collective) agreements.
What can I do to help with fair pay?
Utilize our tools & downloads and the collective labor agreements. The chain tables have created many resources that you can use in developing your policy. These include calculation tables, calculation tools, as well as job grading structures and other research. You can find all documents in our library.
The guide ‘Invaluable. Fair pay in the cultural and creative sector’ has been developed for municipalities. View the latest version here.
Which fair pay practical instruments are currently available?
Practical tools are now available from 12 chain tables. 3 chain tables are still in the process of developing practical tools. Would you like to see them all? Then click here.
Please note, these instruments help you on your way toward a fair rate and a fair sector. They are tools that open the conversation, but the existence of these tools does not mean the work is finished.
Who creates, manages, and further develops the tables and calculation tools for fair pay salaries and freelancer rates?
Fair pay salaries and freelancer rates are determined based on independent research, surveys, and consultations. Bureau IPSIS then provides the corresponding tables and online calculation tools. FairPACCT and the chain tables are responsible for management and further development. This includes taking into account a (semi-)annual index increase for salaries and freelancer rates.