2015Foro Legal / Business Practices
Utilizando una sociedad de responsabilidad limitada para el trabajo de cine sindical, manteniendo los créditos de horas sindicales y facturación de equipos
Lo que encontró el hilo
- Las horas sindicales deben ser registradas bajo el número de seguridad social del individuo en los plazos para garantizar que se acreditan hacia beneficios sindicales, incluso cuando el LLC se utiliza para otros fines.
- Los alquileres de equipos se pueden facturar a las producciones a través de la LLC utilizando un formulario W9, mientras que el trabajo debe pasar por la nómina bajo el número de seguridad social del individuo.
- Los contratos sindicales requieren que los productores contribuyan a planes sindicales de salud y pensiones basados en el trabajo del individuo, no en el LLC, por lo que el LLC no puede hacer estas contribuciones en nombre del trabajador.
- Some productions restrict loan-out company usage due to their own workers' compensation insurance requirements, which need each worker and their hours reported separately.
- A single-member LLC owner can potentially file an exemption from workers' compensation insurance requirements in certain states if the LLC has no employees.
- Timecards for union work typically include both the individual's social security number and the company's federal tax ID number, with SSN used for benefits reporting and tax ID for income reporting to the corporation.
- Some major studios only permit loan-outs for department heads or restrict their use entirely, requiring labor payments through standard payroll regardless of equipment billing method.
- For longer assignments, using W2 payroll for hours and loan-out invoicing for gear is common practice; for shorter gigs, some use loan-out for both.
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- The information comes from production workers and is not verified legal or accounting advice.
- Workers' compensation exemption rules vary by state and may have changed since this discussion.
- Union policies and studio requirements vary and individual business representatives should be consulted for specific situations.
- One participant indicated they were still verifying whether union hours were properly credited when using loan-out arrangements.
- Warner Bros and other studios have varying policies that may not align with general union practices.