Union & Non-Union Talent Management

French entertainment employment runs on a regime found nowhere else in the world, the intermittent du spectacle framework. It gives performers and technicians a hybrid status. The status comes with set eligibility hours, payment rules, and unemployment-insurance cover run through Pole emploi. Productions hire talent in Paris, on regional shoots through Lyon and Marseille, or across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine hubs. Each one needs contracts, declarations préalables a l'embauche, and pay structures that meet this regime. Our team drafts contracts under the conventions collectives for cinema and audiovisual production. We manage the Audiens social-protection payments each hire triggers. We also run payroll through accredited agents who know the URSSAF reporting cycle.

Union relations sit on top of this statutory framework. The SPIAC-CGT represents technicians, and the Syndicat Francais des Artistes-interpretes covers performers. Both have active local sections that watch rate observance and on-set working conditions. We deal with union reps directly and make sure late hours, weekly rest, and meal-break rules are kept. Our team also logs compliance for any post-shoot audit. Where global co-productions run alongside French employment, we map how foreign collective agreements fit in. That way a US or UK actor's home-area duties do not clash with French employer duties. The result is a clean compliance trail, zero labour disputes, and a crew that shows up on day one ready to deliver.