Directors Guild Extends Commercials Contract With COVID-19 Safety Protocols

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Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Directors Guild of America has extended its commercials contract with producers — including recently approved COVID-19 safety protocols — for a year until Nov.

30, 2021.The DGA, which represents more than 18,000 members, has announced that its national board had unanimously approved the one-year extension of its National Commercial Agreement with the Association of Independent Commercial Producers.

The extension has gone into effect retroactively to Dec. 1, 2020, and  includes a 1% increase in the employer contribution rate to the DGA-Producer Pension Plan on Jan.

1, 2021. That increases the employer contribution to 8%.The DGA and other major Hollywood unions reached an agreement with the AICP last month on.