Union & Non-Union Talent Management

Here is how this works in practice. We give guidance on union and non-union talent running, helping shoots handle the rules and agreements that govern performers in Austria. Our team works with Austrian entertainment-industry representatives and the younion performing-arts union to apply the relevant Kollektivvertrag, the collective agreement that sets minimum rates, working hours, and conditions for film and television talent.

Here is the short of it. We set up compliance with the Arbeitszeitgesetz working-time rules, late hours calculations, needed breaks, and social-insurance inputs through the Austrian social-security system. We manage performer contracts, rate structures, and the records that funders and auditors expect, making sure each talent buy-in meets applicable bargaining terms and Austrian labour-law obligations, whether the production is domestic or a global service shoot.

Here is the breakdown. Austria's labour framework gives talent running a clear, well-defined structure. Collective agreements negotiated through the Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft within the WKO, the Austrian Economic Chamber, set up the baseline terms shoots must honour, and the younion union represents performers' interests. As an EU member, Austria applies harmonised labour and free-movement rules, so EU and EEA performers work without permits while non-EU talent needs authorisation.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The country's strong performance culture, anchored by Vienna's Burgtheater and the Filmakademie Wien, supplies a deep, professionally ordered talent pool, and its experience with worldwide recognised shoots means agencies and performers are accustomed to formal, compliant engagements. Personal data handled in talent admin falls under the Datenschutzgesetz and GDPR. We keep shoots fully compliant while protecting the performers they engage.