Health and safety in a freelance environment Tony Lennon BECTU.

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Health and safety in a freelance environment Tony Lennon BECTU

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

“Workers” not “Employees”

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

“Employees”

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”

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

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

Health and safety in a freelance environment Tony Lennon BECTU