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Supporting ancillary workers directly

Supporting ancillary workers directly

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Guidance to support engagement with ancillary workers, who are sometimes overlooked on TV productions

Central to an approach that puts human rights at its heart is meaningful engagement with those who may be negatively impacted in order to understand their experiences and to check that due diligence has been effective.

This guidance includes:

Information to provide to self-employed workers - see also www.tvhumanrights.org/self-employed-workers
How to have a conversation about employment conditions
Checks on workers during production

Other resources that may be useful to you include

Minimum expectations for ancillary workers

A set of minimum expectations that broadcasters and production companies can refer to in their planning and monitoring of productions

Information for self-employed workers

Detailed information for workers and a poster to download and put up at productions

Working conditions for ancillary workers: Summary risks and recommendations

A summary of risks and recommendations for productions to consider in relation to ancillary workers, based on our 2025 research Every Role Matters

Behaving well in supplier relationships

Detailed guidance on good practice approaches

Responding to and remedying issues identified

Detailed guidance and tools for productions

Getting the culture right

Detailed guidance and tools for productions

Vetting suppliers of labour to TV productions appropriately

Detailed guidance and tools for productions

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