Equity members' health insurance is tied to how many weeks out of the year they work on contract.
Monday, October 05, 2020
New Equity-League Health Plan Ups Employment Requirements for Health Coverage
Equity members' health insurance is tied to how many weeks out of the year they work on contract.
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I do understand where the fund is coming from financially in this decision requiring members to work more weeks in a year to get the basic health coverage, but I also think morally this is not the right move. They are requiring people to work more weeks a year in an industry that has mostly been put on pause because of the pandemic, so for pretty much every person finding more weeks in the year to work is next to impossible. They seem to think they don’t have the funds to support people with the current rules in place but the president of AEA seems to think they do which is interesting. I would really be interested to know if they do actually have the funds to support people until the industry can come back to a point where people are working consistently. The stance the fund is making seems to just be “sorry we need to do but we don’t control the pandemic, bring this up with the federal government.” And while I do agree the federal government plays a big part in helping people who are currently unemployed and really needs to do something especially for the live event industry, I also think the fund has the ability to help people.
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