Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin

Freelance production crews in the Malaysian film and drama industry are not being acknowledged in the Malaysian workforce. Their rights as labours towards provision of welfare (income protection and medical and health insurance) and pay rate are indefinite. Information gathered through observation,...

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Main Author:	Baharudin, Noor ‘Aina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Motion picture
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27203/2/27203.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.272032022-12-18T04:57:28Z Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin 2017 Baharudin, Noor ‘Aina Motion picture Freelance production crews in the Malaysian film and drama industry are not being acknowledged in the Malaysian workforce. Their rights as labours towards provision of welfare (income protection and medical and health insurance) and pay rate are indefinite. Information gathered through observation, also interviews with relevant parties in the film and drama industry, namely, production crews, Producers and Professional Film Workers’ Association of Malaysia (PROFIMA) revealed that due to the absence of an Act, income protection is practically null for crews in the industry. Medical and health insurance only provide them with outpatient coverage, while most of the Producers do not provide crews with one, and PROFIMA’s group insurance was not clearly communicated to its members in the industry. The nonexistence of a well-structured pay rate for crews causing them to be exploited by employers and are paid with low rates. Other than that, the attitude of the people in the industry, nonexistence of a legislative body, as well as non-functioning associations are also perceived to be the main contributing factors towards the non-provision of welfare and low pay rate for crews in the industry. Initiatives were done at the lower level by crews, Producers and association to close the gaps, yet the issues still were not solved on the bigger scale. As a workforce, crews’ rights towards provision of welfare including income protection and medical and health insurance, as well as fair pay rate is important not only for their well-being, but also to create a healthy and positive working environment in the Malaysian film and drama industry 2017 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27203/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27203/2/27203.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation
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language	English
topic	Motion picture
spellingShingle	Motion picture Baharudin, Noor ‘Aina Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin
description	Freelance production crews in the Malaysian film and drama industry are not being acknowledged in the Malaysian workforce. Their rights as labours towards provision of welfare (income protection and medical and health insurance) and pay rate are indefinite. Information gathered through observation, also interviews with relevant parties in the film and drama industry, namely, production crews, Producers and Professional Film Workers’ Association of Malaysia (PROFIMA) revealed that due to the absence of an Act, income protection is practically null for crews in the industry. Medical and health insurance only provide them with outpatient coverage, while most of the Producers do not provide crews with one, and PROFIMA’s group insurance was not clearly communicated to its members in the industry. The nonexistence of a well-structured pay rate for crews causing them to be exploited by employers and are paid with low rates. Other than that, the attitude of the people in the industry, nonexistence of a legislative body, as well as non-functioning associations are also perceived to be the main contributing factors towards the non-provision of welfare and low pay rate for crews in the industry. Initiatives were done at the lower level by crews, Producers and association to close the gaps, yet the issues still were not solved on the bigger scale. As a workforce, crews’ rights towards provision of welfare including income protection and medical and health insurance, as well as fair pay rate is important not only for their well-being, but also to create a healthy and positive working environment in the Malaysian film and drama industry
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author	Baharudin, Noor ‘Aina
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title	Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin
title_short	Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin
title_full	Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin
title_fullStr	Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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Production crews: a study of welfare in the Malaysian film and drama industry / Noor ‘Aina Baharudin

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