The Employment Legislation covers the laws and standards
that ensure that employees do not suffer from dangerous, illegal or unhealthy
working environments or practises. In
the film industry there are many different laws that have been made up of
contracts, ethics and legal rights. These contracts, ethics and legal rights
are included in the list below.
Health and Safety
– This ensures a safe and healthy working environment.
Equal Opportunities
– This ensures that there is no discrimination within the film industry. This
also ensures no matter your age, disability, gender, race, religion or
sexuality; you will get a fair chance. Under the discrimination act include:
The employment rights act, the sexual discrimination act 1975, the equal pay
act 1970, the race relations act 1976, the disability discrimination act 1995,
the national minimum wage act 1998, the working time directive 1999 and the
employment reactions act 1999.
Insurance –
Employees must get insurance in order to cover themselves from accidents,
illness or injuries. Depending on their insurance premium, will depend on what
compensation they may be able to claim. This will also help cover costs, if
having problems with employees.
Copyright –
Copyright is one of the main Intellectual Property Issues. Workers in the film
industry often in creative roles will need to understand who owns the rights to
the work. Whether it’s themselves as the author of the work or the company
producing the film own the rights. Scriptwriters sell the rights to their work
in order to it to be turned into screenplay for a feature film. Employees also may need to obtain copyright
information if they are to use clips, music or phrases from other films.
Trademark – Trademark is the other main Intellectual Property Issue
in film. Trademarks are signs in forms of logos and/or words/phrases that
distinguish one company from another. These trademarks must be registered with
the Intellectual Property Office. This is so they can stand recognisable to the
public to the brand they belong to. Big companies like Disney have many
trademarks including the world famous Disneyland logo. This is to protect the
brand from anything that could ruin its reputation.
Written by Josh Jermy
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