Dear TV Freelancer, Please spare us four mouse clicks for some valuable research. Your response could really make a difference to a working practice which affects us all. We're helping 'Broadcast' prepare an article on the subject of the Working Time Regulations, specifically at this stage with regard to holiday entitlement, and how the industry does (or doesn't) respect this. This has become a sticky and irritating issue for many freelancers. We really need your help to get a rough impression of how the industry currently handles this problem - but it's dead easy. Just follow this link to a poll on our site, where you can tell us anonymously how the holiday entitlement is handled on your current or most recent contract: www.tvfreelancers.org.uk/holidaypoll.htm We have a lot of freelancers on this mailing list, and if every single one of you takes 20 seconds to click through, we will have a very representative sample - please, please help us achieve this research goal. It's completely anonymous. And do forward the message to other freelancers who may like to take part. We'd also like you to email us with any specific experiences relating to this subject. In particular, we want to know if holiday entitlement policies are being dictated by individual indies, or by their commissioning broadcasters. Production managers in particular may be able to throw light on this. Name names if you like. All information will be handled in the strictest confidence, and we won't repeat, publish, or pass on to Broadcast anything you tell us without your express permission. Hitting 'reply' to this email will get your response straight back to us on this subject. Thanks again for your help. Watch this space, and you'll find that a lot of exciting things are currently happening in this field. Very best wishes www.tvfreelancers.org.uk ------------ This email was sent to you from www.tvfreelancers.org.uk. To unsubscribe from this list: send email to uktvfreelancers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. Read old emails online at //www.freelists.org/archives/uktvfreelancers ------------