Exclusive: Thames, the Fremantle-owned producer behind Too Hot To Handle and Britain’s Got Talent, is one of a number of UK production outfits inserting controversial coronavirus clauses into crew contracts that could leave freelancers out of pocket and out of work for up to three weeks if a shoot is suspended.
Deadline has obtained and reviewed screenshots of Covid clauses in three different Thames contracts. They state that during the first three weeks of a suspension, the freelancer “shall remain exclusive to the company,” and Thames “shall not be obliged to pay the individual’s fee and holiday pay shall not accrue.”
The terms have provoked disquiet among freelancers and some are refusing to sign them. Two sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said the Covid clauses have appeared in crew contracts for Netflix hit Too Hot To Handle and ITV shows, such as Family Fortunes. Britain’s Got Talent...
Deadline has obtained and reviewed screenshots of Covid clauses in three different Thames contracts. They state that during the first three weeks of a suspension, the freelancer “shall remain exclusive to the company,” and Thames “shall not be obliged to pay the individual’s fee and holiday pay shall not accrue.”
The terms have provoked disquiet among freelancers and some are refusing to sign them. Two sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said the Covid clauses have appeared in crew contracts for Netflix hit Too Hot To Handle and ITV shows, such as Family Fortunes. Britain’s Got Talent...
- 2/26/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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