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1 Health and safety in a freelance environment Tony Lennon BECTU

2 Freelancers in the entertainment industry: Film & TV – HMRC’s 109 job titles Genuinely self-employed Actors Musicians Technicians Production staff Design staff

3 “Workers” not “Employees”

4 Health and safety at work Act 1974 Safety representatives and safety committees Regulations 1977 Health and safety (consultation with employees) Regulations 1996

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6 “Employees”

7 SRSCR 1977 S.8 “...safety representatives...need not be employees of the employer concerned; and...the said cases are those in which the employees...are members of the British Actors’ Equity Association, or of the Musicians’ Union”

8 UK workforce: 29,708,000 Self-employed: 4,176,000 (14%)

9 Fatalities at work 2011/12 Employed: 118 Self-employed: 55 Employed: 4 deaths per million Self-employed: 13 deaths per million

10 Health and safety in a freelance environment Tony Lennon BECTU


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