Types
of contracts
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FIXED
TERM - Is a contract that starts and ends on a particular
date, or on completion of a specified task. People who would have this type of
contract would be: runners, script writers and designers. Here is a real
example of a fixed term contract
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FREELANCE – They
are self-employed people, or part of other companies who are self- employed. People
who would have this type of contract would be runners, editors, scriptwriters,
camera crew, lighting and sound engineers. Here is a real example of a freelance
contract
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HOURLY
RATES - The person is
paid for the total number of hours actually worked, receiving a fixed sum for
each hour worked as every hour worked is
an hour paid this is usually done on long projects, people who would have this
type of contract would be. Runners, producers and directors. Here is a real
example of a hourly rate contract
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IRREGULAR
PATTERNS - An
irregular hours contract is one under which a person is employed to do a specific,
usually short term jobs that entail night time, bank holiday or weekend
working. Examples in the film and TV industry are: runners and technical crew. A real example of a irregular patterns
contract could be a runner , they are needed during irregular hours to get food
or make drinks for colleagues during the night.
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OFFICE
HOURS – This contract is where the employee works in office
hours as and when, to fit in with the business needs and requirements usually 9
– 5 Here is a real example of a and breaks etc. are also taken into
consideration within this time frame. Here is a real example of a office hours
contract 
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PIECEWORK
AND SHIFT WORK – With this type of contract an employee is
only paid for the piece of work or task they complete. The rate is a fixed fee
and paid per piece, unit or action produced regardless of the time taken to
achieve the outcome. A real example of a
piecework and shift work contract
could a graphic designer
Law is the system of rules which a particular country or
community recognises as regulating the actions of its members. Laws can be enforced by the imposition of
penalties.
Ethics are the moral principles that govern peoples’
behaviour or the conducting of their activities. They are the underlying values
and standards that are, or have been, set as the minimum expected of all
individuals to meet.
Privacy law examples:
Two Facebook users this recently filed a class action
complaint against the social network, Ars Technica reports, alleging that the
messaging system inside Facebook is not as private as it’s advertised to be,
and that the company actively mines for data from personal messages and
generates likes based on the content exchanged between users. Facebook
described its messaging system as “unprecedented,” when it comes to privacy
controls, but the filing alleges that the company is actually accessing data
gathered from chats without the user consent.
Copyright & Intellectual property
A good example of the more recent phenomenon, phone
hacking, is that involving ‘News International,’ owned by newspaper magnate,
Rupert Murdoch, in which the range of victims/alleged victims included
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, the UK stars Charlotte Church and Jude Law,
royals including Prince William, even the family of a 26 year old man who died
in the 7/7 London bombings.
Penalties for breach of ethical values and standards are
not enforceable by law
Libel is when the defamation is written down (including
email, bulletin boards and websites), and slander is when the incident relates
to words spoken.
In
the Saturday 18 October 2008 episode of BBC's The Russell Brand Show comedian Russell Brand and presenter Jonathan Ross left prank calls made to actor Andrew Sachs that led to
controversy. Brand and Ross had called Sachs to interview on-air; but when he
didn’t answer, they left a series of lewd messages on his answering machine,
including comments about Brand's relationship with Sachs' granddaughter,
Georgina Baillie.
Both
Brand and Ross were criticised by a number of Members
of Parliament, including Prime Minister at the time,
Gordon Brown, and the BBC
received a record number of complaints. In addition, both celebrities were
found liable under the following broadcasting standards and regulations:
Rule 2.1 – generally accepted standards must be applied to
programmes
Rule 2.3 – offensive material must be justified by the
context
Rule 8.1 – the ‘standard’ requiring adequate protection for
members of the public from unwarranted infringements of privacy
A fine of £70,000 was imposed for breaching rules 2.1 and
2.3 and a further £80,000 imposed for rule 8.1
