United Talent Agency Reinstates Full Pay for Employees: ‘Our Business is Recovering’

Also Read: United Talent Agency Reinstates Full Pay for Employees, Lays Off 50UTA has also implemented a generous pay scale for its Agent Training Program–a new hourly rate of $26.00 per hour, depending on tenure. The goal was to implement a wage that allows candidates to meet their financial obligations and have work-life balance while working at the agency.

Monton, passed away on Thursday, September 17.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThailand has become the latest country to unveil protocols for film and TV production following the coronavirus outbreak.Developed by the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Public Health and the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration, the rules are intended to apply to inbound international productions, the local crews they work with, and to local productions.Thailand has recorded one of the lowest rates of infection and death of any sizable country, but

Scottish Government has announced. The changes come into effect at 4am on Saturday, meaning from then people entering Scotland from Slovenia and Guadeloupe must self-isolate for 14 days on arrival.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have been pointing out how badly Sheffield United are doing without Dean Henderson. The goalkeeper is back at United this season and looks set to vie with David De Gea for the starting XI after an impressive debut campaign in the Premier League on loan at Sheffield United.

Holly Willoughby is said to be getting things in order so that she can fight her old management agency over money they are allegedly claiming.

As Disney's mega-budget live-action remake of Mulan prepares to roll out in theaters in select markets across Asia, pro-democracy activists in several countries in the region are calling on audiences to steer clear of the movie via the growing #BoycottMulan movement.

straight to your inboxA week ago the general view of Manchester United's summer would have been a negative one, with the club yet to make a new signing as the summer window reached the halfway point.But then came the slick, quiet move for Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek and the mood changed.

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer delivered both "positive" and "difficult" news, writing that the agency would be reinstating full pay to its employees in the next two weeks, but would also be laying off 50 staffers. UTA is the first of the major agencies that cut salaries at the beginning of the pandemic to offer to reinstate full pay.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmGood news and bad news today at UTA. Agency chief Jeremy Zimmer sent an internal email to employees notifying them that UTA is the first major agency to reinstate full pay for employees.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterHollywood may never look the same after the coronavirus pandemic, but a relic of the old world has been returned to one major Hollywood agency: full paychecks.UTA has become the first of the big four to reinstate full salaries, after reducing compensation across the board this spring — a cost-cutting measure that many talent shops took to brace for the economic beating delivered by COVID-19.In a Wednesday memo to staff, agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer said employees

EK pharmaceutical company hit by COVID outbreak“UNISON told me I was entitled to my full pay and got in touch with the owners of the home and told them there was Government funding available.“The home owners looked into it further and I got my full pay.“If it hadn’t been for UNISON I don’t know what would have happened.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix and BBC’s serial killer series “The Serpent” is one of the international shows whose filming was impacted by the pandemic, and required shifting production from Asia to Europe.The drama, which stars Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”) as the French conman and mass murderer Charles Sobhraj, was on its last stretch of shooting on location in Thailand in late March when the country went into lockdown.

Also Read: Casey Wasserman Back in Talks to Acquire Paradigm's Music Assets, CEO Sam Gores Sidelined (Exclusive)“I look forward to investing all levels of the company in that foundational journey — together, we will create a culture and workplace that reflects the inclusive ambitions of the company’s leadership and mirrors the diverse roster of artists the agency represents,” she continued.Paradigm said in a release that it plans to make Gagnier a key member of the agency’s executive team,