LPA terminates overseas artists agreement: What you need to know
Thursday, 05 April 2012
The Agreement that LPA has walked away from is similar to agreements and codes of practice in place in the US, Canada and the UK.
What are the rules in the US?
A similar agreement is in place in the US but is embedded within the standard industrial contract between unions and producers. Section 3 governs the rules applying to the employment of, what is known in the US as “non-resident aliens”. The rules allow three categories of entry:
•Genuine stars with evidence of a distinguished reputation, awards, critical and box office success etc;
•An actor providing unique services such as a physical skill unable to be provided in the US;
•A unit company of international recognised status which has been established for at least 10 years.
Further rules include:
•Each unit company must hire a local stage manager;
•A unit company must perform an actors’ fund benefit;
•Understudies are employed for every non-resident alien actor working in the US other than in a unit company;
•The number of non-resident aliens from each English speaking country permitted to perform shall not exceed the number of US citizens employed;
•Exchanges will be sought for unit companies.
More information can be found here:
http://www.actorsequity.org/docs/rulebooks/Production_Rulebook_League_08-11.pdf
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The Alliance welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy that the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) will receive a boost in its base funding. “This is great news for Australian audiences, the content production industry and Australian performers,” said the director of Actors Equity , Sue McCreadie.