총 36페이지

In-depth on Culture
ⓒKIPDA
IndependentPDsnotregardedaslaborersbylaw
MajorinsurancecoverageforindependentPD’s
Employment of Korean workers can be categorized
into three types: direct, indirect and special employment.
Independent PDs are classified as special employees
43.7%
Nationalpension
because they are deemed to be individual businesses
Unemploymentinsurance
12%
(self-employed people) rather than general workers. They
are not under the protection of the Labor Standards
Industrialaccidentcompensation
13.1%
Act, and they cannot form a union. This means that
the broadcasters have the legitimacy to not consider
independentPDsasworkers.
RealityofindependentPD’shumanrights
Special employees and wage earners are divided based
onemployment,economic,andgroupdependency.Group
84.6%
Wordsofignorance
dependencyisaboutthedegreeofimportanceofthework
employeesaredoingandhowmuchmoneytheybringinto
61%
Swearwords
thecompany.
17.7%
Assault
The broadcaster - the employer - often tries to deny the
specialemployees’traitsasworkers.Itseekstomanipulate
the law by distorting the relationship with independent
PDs. As a result, they are seen as not doing anything
significant for the broadcaster nor are they bringing
WhatmakesindependentPDssuffer?
money to the broadcasting company. Independent PDs
are deemed to be just “apprentices” of the broadcaster,
Arbitrarilysetproductioncosts
Generally, broadcasters control the procedure of
eventuallynotsatisfyingthelegalrequirementsforgroup
appropriating the production budget because there is no
dependency.
standard production costs in the Korean broadcasting
Thus, independent PDs cannot form a union. The
industry.Intheprocess,thecircumstancesofindependent
organization in which all the workers gather and voice
PDsandoutsourcingcompaniesareoftenoverlooked.
their opinions against the employer is a labor union.
According to an article, “Proper Production Cost for
However, independent PDs are not counted as “workers”
Producing,theNecessityofStandardFormforContracts”
fromthestart,sotherecannotbeaunionofindependent
written by Song Kyu-hag, president of KIPDA, Korean
PDs.
broadcasters have no budget criteria. Usually they
decide the budget, and outsourcing companies cover the
deficiency by winning sponsorships from businesses,
Howcantheseproblemsbesolved?
local governments and public institutions. In this way,
financialplansincontractsbetweenindependentPDsand
Introductionofstandardproductioncosts
broadcastersareleftunclear.
Rather than letting the broadcaster set the budget
Consequently, Korean independent PDs almost always
for production arbitrarily, there should be norms for
experience a shortage of money because the broadcaster
appropriatingthecostofmakingprograms.
ignores not only the characteristics of the program but
In the case of the advertising industry, the Korea
alsotheproductionenvironment.Substantivedetailssuch
CommercialFilmMakerUniondiscusseswithadvertising
as shooting period, location of the filming and actors
agencies and announces the “standard unit cost of
are often not taken into account when deciding on the
production”everytwoyearsconsideringtheinflationrate,
productionbudget.
andcompaniesmakeupanestimatesheetaccordingly.
AnindependentPDParkJung-namexplainsthat“Ifthe
In the U.K., broadcasters define the proper cost for
broadcastersproducetheirprogramsontheirown,theydo
production as “Indicative Tariffs,” which they officially
notneedindirectcostslikeproductionfeesandpersonnel
create every two years applying the rate of inflation. A
expenses when filming. In contrast, an outsourcing
British channel specializing in subcontracted programs
company needs extra money to cover all of the indirect
called “Channel 4” analyzes all the financial data of
costs,butthebroadcasterdoesnotcareaboutthat.”
broadcastersandoutsourcingcompaniestoyieldthemost
SEP 2017
23

현재 포커스의 아래내용들은 동일한 컨텐츠를 가지고 페이지넘김 효과및 시각적 효과를 제공하는 페이지이므로 스크린리더 사용자는 여기까지만 낭독하시고 위의 페이지이동 링크를 사용하여 다음페이지로 이동하시기 바랍니다.