News item | 08-06-2023 | 15:24
Cultural institutions that receive money from the central government from the Basic Infrastructure (BIS) must work towards fair remuneration in the coming subsidy period. This means, among other things, that they must join collective rate agreements for the remuneration of, for example, artists, technicians and makers.
The position of workers in the cultural and creative sector is very vulnerable, according to research by the SER and the Council for Culture, among others. Secretary of State Uslu is taking measures to improve this. An important part of this is fair pay for people working in this sector. In the coming BIS period, which runs from 2025 to 2028, State Secretary Uslu will allocate 34.1 million euros annually for this.
State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture and Media): “People who work in the cultural and creative sector often do so out of passion and involvement. But they also have to be able to earn a decent living. That is why I also call on other governments and commercial parties to get started on this. Together we can ensure a normal, healthy labor market position for makers, technicians and other workers in the cultural sector.”
Various pilots are currently also running in the run-up to 2025, for which 19.1 million euros per year are available. For example, there is a scheme to help cultural organizations to employ people on a permanent basis, rather than on an involuntary freelance basis or with temporary contracts. In the first months of this year, 100 people received a permanent contract. A pilot to encourage self-employed people to take out disability insurance has proved successful: it has already been used 4,000 times in 6 months.
The cultural and creative sector is one of the sectors in which the government is committed to sustainable employment relationships, in addition to care, education and childcare.