Eighty-eight percent of assistants reported being 'rent-burdened' in Los Angeles, PayUpHollywood leaders said Sunday
Eighty-eight percent were considered"rent-burdened" in Los Angeles, movement leaders said at the Sunday event as they discussed initial survey results. on Twitter a month ago and highlighted stagnant wages and demeaning work conditions, assistants and labor advocates revealed new statistics on the industry's entry-level employees and debriefed California employment law at the movement's first town hall on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Many are also taking side gigs in order to pay bills: 67.17 percent of survey takers reported having to take work outside their entertainment jobs to supplement their income in order to survive. Almost half of all assistants in the industry were receiving financial help from their parents. Only the event's organizers revealed their full names during the town hall, while attendees who participated in the Q&A section of the event were not filmed on the live stream in order to protect identities and prevent employer retaliation. The event covered entertainment industry assistants in desk jobs, rather than on-set jobs.
Organizers said that they hoped to determine a "livable wage" in Los Angeles for entertainment assistants from survey results that would take into consideration expenses that come with the job. At the end of the town hall, they gave attendees and viewers "homework" so they could help determine that figure: to log all of their living expenses and their take-home pay for a month or two and send the end results to #PayUpHollywood at their email address.
#PayUpHollywood will be forwarding appropriate cases to CELA and also be referring sexual misconduct cases to the, which connects sexual harassment, assault and retaliation survivors with lawyers in their state and offers them a free legal consultation.
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