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[cops22]

no nothing in the contract re outside work.....
Anyone got any experience of this.......????
Probably never going to be an issue coz not much of it on Starnow is well paid anyway but be interesting to know....
Always good to hear everyones take on a subject...

Ta for licence info i'll look into it with LEA, poor man's sick of me anyway i'm always bugging him...... am having to licence 40 chaperones for our dancing show this year as they are insisting we have an exemption licence for the 450 kids and that we stick to the 1-12 chaparone ratio!!!!!!!
So just in the process of applying for all the chaperone licences, not fun!!!

[pg]

In my opinion you should always talk to your agent before taking a job you have found for yourself. There are all sorts of reasons for this:

1. An agent might be able to negotiate a better deal
2. An agent can warn you if they think it may be prejudicial to your career, or they have heard something negative about the team
3. An agent may have something much more high profile/better paid in the pipeline and the job you have found might clash with it
4. You are supposed to have a working relationship with your agent and it's likely to be helpful to the relationship to keep them informed.

Agents will often be happy for clients to work unpaid - but sometimes they can tell you that you're being a bit of a mug to contemplate it and are being taken for a ride! Part of the reason you have an agent is for them to advise you. Agents will not normally be looking for unpaid work for their clients (for obvious reasons) so these are the sort of opportunities you are likely to have to look for yourself. If you are working unpaid, you are not available to work for money, so agents will often want to weigh up its usefulness.

If you find a paid job yourself an agent may still want commission if they are in any way involved in the negotiation - and I think this is entirely fair. If you are working, you are not available to take other work (which might earn commission for the agent) and when you are not working the agent is always working for you, unpaid.

My agent looks at each job on its merits and does not normally take commission on short term, low paid jobs I find for myself, though I would always ask her. Many of the jobs I have had have come from my own contacts and networking, but I would still expect to pay commission to be honest if they were jobs paid at industry rates.

[cops22]

Thanks for that..... it's kind of what I was expecting to be honest.
I did email dd's agent on Monday to ask about short films if she thought they were a good idea, get some more experience on camera etc etc and haven't heard back... have to say they are not the best at getting back to you......
Will give them a ring this week.........
Cheers pg

[Dell71]

Ok some more info needed from old pros please.....
For those of you with agents how does it work if you get a job by yourself??? Do you tell them??? Do any agencies charge commision on work you've got yourself???

My dd's contract does state that they recieve commision on ANY professional work she undertakes, but she hasn't had any paid work that we have found ourselves yet anyway for me to know if they do actually take a cut. I think pg has offered some good advice though regarding the relationship we should have with our agents.

[Genevieve]

My dd's contract does state that they recieve commision on ANY professional work she undertakes, but she hasn't had any paid work that we have found ourselves yet anyway for me to know if they do actually take a cut.

this is a fundamental part of the contract, it should state the commission on the contract, whether a percentage range (project dependant) or it should list what percentage of commission against the project type (eg commercials 20%)

[Dell71]

It does Genevieve. It has the % rate that they recieve