An interesting report from The Work Foundation (via Lancaster University) has just landed. Published in partnership with Unison, it looks at the choices and experiences of those in insecure work, and the kinds of interventions that could support them into better-paid, more secure jobs in the future.
We should bear in mind that the report starts from the (largely correct) assumption that insecure work is sub-optimal for much of the workforce, and that participation in this part of the economy is the result of falling into a trap of one kind or another.
It’s true for a lot of the economy, but not always for people who work in the entertainment sector who were always part of The Gig Economy long before the bogus forms of self-employment promoted by delivery companies and suchlike were even heard of.
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It includes a Skills Guide – a comprehensive document to keep track of technical skills you have learnt from job to job, separated into Avid Media Composer, Paperwork, Rushes, Turnovers and Editing, along with a Review Guide – a document to give Editors the space to reflect on their current job, including what skills they have learnt and what they would like to learn next.
In 2022 Timewise and BECTU Vision came together to explore how flexible working could work on scripted productions, funded by Screen Scotland.