With IATSE's recent ratification of the Basic Agreement and AMPTP officially confirming it after negotiations, we've put together what you need to know about what's changed and when those changes come into effect, where applicable. 

Wages

• General Increases:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - 7% increase
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - 4% increase
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - 3.5% increase
• Sideletter wage changes:
  • Projects where principal photography starts on or after 8/4/24 that before would have been subject to previous year or two years rates (a.k.a. rollback rates), will have rates that are a 3% reduction of the regular studio or distant location rates.

MPI Pension and Health Plan

• Premium Rate (Non-$15 million contributors):
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increase from $12.3775 per hour to $14.0275 per hour
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - Increase from $14.0275 per hour to $14.8875 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $14.8875 per hour to $15.7475 per hour
• Basic Rate ($15 Million Contributors): 
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increase from $8.1275 per hour to $9.5175 per hour
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - Increase from $9.5175 per hour to $9.9675 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $9.9675 per hour to $10.4175 per hour

CSATF Contribution Rate

• Basic CSATF Rate:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increase from $0.60 per hour to $0.63 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.63 per hour to $0.66 per hour
• IATSE  Local 871 POC’s, APOC’s, and Art Coordinators:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increase from $0.0920 per hour to $0.0966 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.0966 per hour to $0.1012 per hour
• IATSE  Local 871 Script Coordinators and Writers’ Room Assistants:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increase from $0.0708 per hour to $0.0743 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.0743 per hour to $0.0779 per hour

Overtime

• Triple time will now be paid after 15 elapsed hours in a workday.
• Double time under the special conditions sideletters will now be paid after 12 worked hours instead of 14 elapsed hours.

Rest Period Penalty

• Penalties that call for additional straight time for invaded hours will now be additional double time for invaded hours.
• Invaded time of one-half hour or less will be paid for a minimum of one-half hour of additional double time.
• Invaded time longer than one-half hour will be paid in one-tenth hour increments.

Holidays

• Effective January 1, 2025 - Juneteenth will be added as a holiday.
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The holiday accrual percentage increases from 4% to 4.583%.

Travel Days

• Hours for travel only days will now be included in MPIPHP benefit calculations. The actual hours traveled will be included, with a minimum of 4 hours and a maximum of 8 hours.

On Call 7th Days

• When required by the Producer to work on a 7th consecutive day, On Call classifications receive two times one-fifth of the weekly rate.

Other

• Transportation allowance now paid when EE required to report to a location in the secondary zone.

Sick Leave

• Effective January 1, 2025 - Increases from a maximum of 48 hours (6 days) to a maximum of 80 hours (10 Days)
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The required amount of days the employee must be employed by the producer to request sick pay is reduced from 90 days to 45 days.
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The bank of sick time carried over into the next employment year increases from 24 hours (3 days) to 40 hours (5 days).

Bereavement Leave

•  Effective August 4, 2024 - An employee will be allowed up to 3 days of bereavement leave in the event of the death of a family member.

➡️ While here, you can also check the SAG-AFTRA Basic and Television MOA Summary by Date, which has effective dates running through December, 2025.