Help and Advice

Doing our own negotiations is the area most of us would admit is our weakest.

To overcome this we need to start establishing the working practice of putting forward our terms very early on in the conversation with employers.

Here is an example set of Ts & Cs that one supervising sound editor uses, which you can take a look at and adjust to fit.

Especially useful for quick turnaround jobs in the TV world, with establishing a locked cut principle and charging for any subsequent recuts.

It’s also worth looking at the benefits section of the BECTU website.

There are lots of areas you can get help and advice in, from Legal and Tax Advice, through Kit Insurance and Harley Street hearing and earplug consultations

Don’t forget, for anyone working on films out there, any production which started filming after 2nd April 2018 and has a budget of £30m+ should be covered by the existing agreement.

If you think your contract should match those conditions but doesn’t, then please get in touch with BECTU or the post production and facilities branch for help.