In the Gaming, Animation and VFX industry people work in different ways. One of these are through contracts. When someone is employed for a certain purpose for a certain amount of time and gets the payment at the end date.Freelancing: This is a self-employing contract for a client. These contracts however are not given out to the same person by the same client. A freelancer can usually have multiple contracts at the same time. These contracts mean that you are responsible for your own taxes and national insurance, but the client is still responsible for your health and safety. They mainly work at home or off the organisations property. They are usually paid when the contract is for-filled so that they do not cut any corners for the client. Freelancing contracts also have clauses to make sure that the client does not use them for free labour by pulling the plug on the operation before paying the freelancer.
Permanent: This the most common contract to be used in the current industry. This contract is when an employer highers you, until they no longer require your services, this can last for as long as both sides of the contract agree with the terms. This can be seen as a trade contract, were the employer gives the employee wages and the employee works full-time working for the employer. This also has the benefit of the employer giving the employee over-time (such as raises and connections in the industry). The employee is entitled to certain arrangements such as sick leave pay, holiday leave and set pay rates and pay day's. At the end of your legal working years, you are obligated to a pension. You are payed at certain times for the amount of hours you put into your job.
Internships: These contract agreements are about having some form of training. It is optional if the contract has payment or not, it depends on what the employer and what the wants. This contract is for a set period of time.The people who normally take these contracts are students or rookies in the industry who want an understanding of how certain aspects of the jobs that they want work. A main difference between internships and employment is that internships focus on training for a role rather than doing the role itself. These can be both long or short term (both having benefits for the employer, either having free labour or showing off how good the the quality of their business is to others). There is also a unique contract for last-year students, known as research internships it is for certain research in one company.
Voluntary: This is work that someone volunteered for without any type of payment, the only "reward" that the volunteer will get was the experience on their personal CV. These can be considered not contracts, because they not considered actually employed. In turn they are also not give the same rights. The rights are not required to be followed during the agreement. Usually, these people will do work for charity corporations. Since this might not be a lawful agreement both parties can pull out of the agreement whenever it suits them. In the Games, Animation and VFX industry and example of voluntary work could be "Game Jams".
Contractual: This is a self-employing contract for clients. These contracts are given out by recruitment agencies for fixed-term time sections. A contracting contract is usually only done one at a time. These contracts mean that you are responsible for your own taxes and national insurance, but the client is still responsible for your health and safety. These contracts can be both about recruiting or about providing labour to get to the end goal of the client. These contracts also specialise in reality rather than digital media.
Part-Time: This is a contract that has less hours for work than a full-time contract, unlike a full-time worker who does 15-30 hours per week. The advantages of part-time is that it can balance out with your real-life, it also could matter if you trying to re-arranging your work patterns. Some disadvantages however, are that you are looked down upon by full-time workers. In this contract you need to show the, National Insurance Contributions, Statuary Sick Pay, have employer's liability insurance and have to provide a working and safe environment. The employee will be paid the same amount of full-time contracts (ratio to the amount of hours that they work).
Full-Time: This is a contract that has a set amount of hours that the client wants you to do. This contract allows some leniency in the time constraints, such as sick leaves, and health insurance. You will be payed more than part-time contracts but are required to have more regular hours. In this contract you need to show the, National Insurance Contributions, Statuary Sick Pay, have employer's liability insurance and have to provide a working and safe environment. These contracts are paid over certain mount of time until the final amount is filled.
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