SAG And DGA Increases Effective July 1, 2024
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Some increases have become effective for both SAG and DGA on July 1, 2024 that you’ll want to take note of.
Check out the specifics below.
SAG
Pay Rates
- Increase minimum salary rates from the Basic Agreement and Television Agreement by an additional 4%.
- Increase minimum salaries for stunt coordinators by an additional 6.5%.
Contribution ceilings
- Television and New Media Motion Pictures
- Half-hour TV and New Media programs 35 minutes or less increases from $15,000 to $25,000 per episode
- One-hour TV and New Media programs 36-65 minutes increases from $25,000 to $35,000 per episode
- One-and-a-half-hour and Two-hour TV and corresponding New Media projects have no change.
- Theatrical Motion Pictures – No changes
➡️ Check out SAG-AFTRA Basic and Television MOA Summary by Date for more important upcoming dates through the end of 2025.
DGA
NOTE: DGA rate cards can be found here, and the full Memorandum of Agreement here.
Wages
- Additional 4% effective July 1, 2024
- Salaries for directors of pay television motion pictures (other than pay-per-view) generally produced for network prime time television and directors of High Budget SVOD shall increase additional 2% effective July 1, 2024
- Salary rates for directors of strip dramatic non-network and non-prime time programs (Article 6, Section D.1. of the FLTTA) shall increase additional 3% effective July 1, 2024
Additional Fund Increases
- Excerpt fees increase by five percent (5%)
- Lead-in fees increase to $121
- Underwater work allowance increase to $194
- Aircraft flight allowance increase to $194
- Dinner allowance increase to $33
- The incidental allowance increase to $24
- Wrap supervision fee increase to $62
- Additional Shoot Day on One-Hour Pay Television Services and 36-65 Minute Tier 1 High
- Budget SVOD Series
- Increase number of guaranteed days for a Director by 1 day and adjust the minimum rate to $54,144 on or after July 1, 2024
Benefit Focused: Paid Parental Leave Fund
- Effective July 1, 2024, 0.5% of EE’s salaries will be paid to the newly established Paid Parental Leave Fund.
Topics:
Budgeting
July 1, 2024
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