Stephanie Alleyne and Donald De Line at the 2024 PGA Awards
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At the 35th Annual PGA Awards on Sunday, the Producers Guild of America announced an initiative aimed at ensuring health insurance benefits for all eligible producers working full-time in the film and television industry.
“Producers, unlike the industry's unionized creative professionals, do not have guaranteed health insurance benefits. They should not live without these important benefits. , is challenging enough without adding the anxiety of how to obtain health insurance for yourself and your family,” PGA Presidents Stephanie Alleyne and Donald Deline said in a statement.
The guild will provide health benefits to all production companies, including studios and streamers, to eligible producers with PGA-recognized credits who work full-time on eligible projects. I'm looking for something. One way is to donate through the Film Industry Pension and Health Fund. Develop plans for eligible producers of covered produce. The other is a plan for all other producers who do not have access to benefits through existing industry plans or union contracts. This includes including direct payment items in production budgets for producers to purchase their own health insurance.
Blumhouse, Legendary, Macro, and Berlanti Productions are the first to sign on to the initiative, pledging to include health insurance contributions in their production budgets to support eligible producers through MPI's health insurance plan, We have committed to including health insurance contributions in production budgets for full-time producers who are not eligible for insurance through health insurance plans. MPI or union agreement. Direct contributions to producers to enable them to purchase health insurance on the open market. The PGA commits production companies that provide production budget item contributions to budget at least $3.33 per hour per producer to cover the purchase of health insurance plans for eligible full-time producers. proposed to do so.
“Producers are the only group of creative professionals without unions on set, so we have to look out for each other. Taking care of what's ours is good for business and good for family.” It's great for the industry, and I'm proud to be part of the group leading this effort,” Blumhouse's Jason Blum said in a statement.
