DGA Monthly

4 I D G A M O N T H L Y National Board Unanimously Approves Tentative New Agreement — Highlights Cont. Safety Expand safety training for all DGA categories under the BA and FLTTA, including a new safety training for Directors. Safety Officer/Risk Assessment Pilot Program in NY and GA, aligned with CA legislation. Ban of live ammunition on production with limited exceptions. • Elevates the importance of set safety including additional courses for all DGA teams. • Introduction of a safety model based on global best-practice, already used in the UK and Australia, with qualified Safety Officers on production implementing a written safety plan. • First contract to ban live ammunition. Episodic Directors Paid post-production days on high budget SVOD and Pay TV series. To achieve these additional paid days, wage increases for Directors in Pay TV and SVOD less than the general wage increase, equaling 6.6% compounded increase over the agreement: • Year 1 – 3% • Year 2 – 2% • Year 3 – 1.5% Additional creative rights gains: • Enhanced restrictions on the use of electronic transmission from the set. • Directors to receive digital copy of their episodes. • Increased notice and opportunity for Directors to given casting recommendations. Addition of one day to guaranteed shoot period for one-hour series made for Pay TV and SVOD episodes with budgets over $3.8M. Increase the intervening day cap maximum from 5 to 7 days. Provide one day of prep to replacement Directors unless shoot is two hours or less. • First time in DGA history that TV Directors are paid for post-production. New rights will enhance Director's role in post-production and create more collaborative process by Directors incorporating Producer notes into a subsequent cut. • The two paid post days plus the additional guaranteed shoot day results in a 28% compensation increase for most one-hour series made for Pay TV or SVOD (from $50,764 to $64,960). • Guaranteed minimum shoot period for one- hour Pay and SVOD now 9 days. The 8 day guarantee had been the minimum for 50 years. • First expansion of intervening days since 2008. Benefits and Holidays Pension and Health For theatrical and longform TV and limited series, $25,000- $50,000 increase per project for the salary caps under which Employers are required to contribute to members' pensions. Right to apply up to 0.5% of wage increase into the Health or Pension Plans in years two or three. Parental Leave New parental leave benefit starting in year three, funded by dedicated Employer contributions. Holidays Juneteenth added as a holiday. • Ensures additional funding to further strengthen the Health and Pension Plans so they can continue to meet the promises made to members. • Establishes first-ever parental leave benefit under the DGA agreement to allow parents to take a paid leave within one year of the birth, adoption or placement of their child. Specific benefit to be developed by the DGA Health Plan trustees. Free to Consumer Ad Supported Streaming Services (AVOD) High-budget scripted programs made for AVOD fully covered by SVOD contract standards including compensation, minimums, and creative rights for services with under 20M subscribers. Residuals at 2% of Employer's gross. • Won first-ever standards for AVOD projects. Previously, AVOD terms were fully negotiable with no minimums, no creative rights, and no residuals. Now all three apply. • Residuals will be shared by Directors and Directorial team members.

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