Guide to application of zzp start-up rates film and AV production
The Manual sees in particular the connection between two practical instruments already developed with the help of Berenschot: the Assignment Compass and the zzp-start rates linked to it as included in the Matrix. As an additional tool, Timesheets for self-employment assignments have been prepared. In six steps it is explained how to use the tools to negotiate an assignment on the basis of a substantiated opening offer.
For consultation:
Timesheets zzp assignments film and AV production | version 1.0
In order to properly estimate the effective working time necessary for the total execution of the assignment, Timesheets have been created as an additional tool with examples of common work in 13 fields. Please note that general activities that are not part of the assignment, such as administration for your own company, training and preparation or acquisition to obtain an assignment do not count. These are already factored into the zzp starting rate and the zzp surcharge factor included therein.
For consultation:
Scroll on (after the link to the entry form) to see the updates/expansion of the already published practice tools in a row.
Continued
With the responses to this consultation, the participants of the chain table Film/AV production will adjust and finalize the proposed practice tools in December where necessary. Publication of the final instruments is planned for the end of this year, so that they can be applied in practice from 2025. From 2025 the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science will make fair pay compulsory, and so will the State Culture Funds: from then on sectors must be affiliated to a collective bargaining agreement or, if these do not exist, to a (related) fee guideline in order to be able to demonstrate that they pay fairly and thus be eligible for subsidy funding.
In addition, work continues on a Guide to Departments of Film and AV Production. This will provide common assignments with a concise description of tasks and activities. The chain table is being assisted in this by the Netherlands Film Academy. Also, in the first quarter of 2025 it will be discussed how agreements about the reservation of time, cancellation etc. could take shape in an additional practical tool. Furthermore, work needs to be done to arrange the maintenance, further development and communication of the practice instruments and the continuation of the chain consultation in the sector. To this end, a plan will be developed in 2025. The fairPACCT program has been extended through 2028 but will be basically completed in four years.
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Download the entry form below. You can e-mail it back to fairpacct@platformacct.nl preferably before Dec. 3.
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All current versions of the chain table Film/AV production practice tools listed:
Assignment Compass film and AV production | version 2.0
The Assignment Compass is a roadmap developed by Bureau Berenschot to provide a reasoned valuation of the combination of tasks and activities of freelancers for a professional AV production, by classifying these tasks and activities at an appropriate weight level. It is structured along general level indicators that determine “the weight” of the task. In each of the 13 departments, at least two reference assignments were weighted and classified by Berenschot. Interviews were conducted for this purpose. In large departments, Berenschot classified a number of additional derived assignments. The Assignment Compass has already been published for consultation in November 2023. In this version 2.0, based on the responses obtained, a preamble has been added for further clarification for application in practice. The Assignment Compass is currently still Excel document. In combination with the zzp start rates, a web-based module of this will be built in early 2025.
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Matrix zzp start rates film and AV production | version 1.0
The Matrix includes the starting rates calculated by Berenschot with which principals and contractors can negotiate appropriate compensation for work. This was done on the basis of a benchmark between the CLA for Drama and Dance and the CLA for Broadcasting Personnel. The benchmark report”From wage to zzp starting rate” containing the calculated zzp starting rates has already been published at the November 2023 consulation. The Matrix is a handy translation of this into tables for practical application.
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Guideline for safe and healthy working AV sector | version 2.0
Version 1.0 of the Guideline was already submitted to the field through public consultation in November 2023 and was subsequently updated and published and has been in effect since April 1, 2024. The Guideline includes principles to ensure the physical and psychosocial safety of contractors involved in making professional AV productions. The emphasis in version 1.0 was on the running period. When requested, the Guide has been further developed and version 2.0 now covers the entire process from development to post-production. The scope of application at all stages remains limited to those circumstances where the nature of the work involves a contractor working with others and this requires coordination and planning by the client and the client has determined the circumstances under which work is to be done. It is intended that version 2.0 of the Guidance will be applied as of 2025.
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Framework of terms AV sector | version 2.0
Version 1.0 was already published at consulation in November 2023. It was subsequently updated and published for practical application in January 2024. When requested, version 2.0 added some terms for animation in particular. The Framework of Terms is intended to provide commonly used terms in contract negotiation with a neutral definition, so that contractors and clients are talking about the same thing when they use them in negotiation. Version 2.0 of the Framework of Terms can be applied as of 2025.
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