Actors Seo In-guk (left) and Oh Yeon-seo / Photo = Courtesy of Story J Company
The production company countered the claim that the on-site staff of the new KBS2 drama ‘Beautiful Man’ starring Seo In-guk and Oh Yeon-seo were notified of the contract termination after they demanded improved working conditions.
On the afternoon of the 7th, the production company of ‘Beautiful Man’ said, “We signed a consignment contract with the staff under an agreement with the staff, and filming was carried out in compliance with the contract’s contents, 52 hours a week.” The average filming time during the week was about 39 hours per week, and the filming time in the week with the least filming was about 25 hours.”
He continued, “At the time of the contract, filming was due to end at the end of May, so the contract period was set at the end of May, but due to the corona issue, it was unavoidably necessary to extend the filming period by about a month. We negotiated with the staff according to the agreement on extension, and most of the staff agreed to extend the contract period under the same conditions as the existing contract, but some staff requested new conditions and did not agree to the contract renewal.” .
He also emphasized that the ‘production company’ has never unilaterally notified the contract termination, that is, dismissal, and that the contract has been terminated according to the contents of the contract.
The production company said, “Currently, most of the staff are working hard on filming by observing the 52-hour week filming time, but they are experiencing a lot of difficulties due to the claims of some. The production team is doing their best with love for the work, and we hope that the issue will be resolved as soon as possible, and the actors and staff will work together as one to focus on filming and return to the viewers with a good work.”
Meanwhile, in the morning of the same day, the Broadcasting Staff Branch of the Hope Solidarity Headquarters of the Public Transport Workers’ Union held a ‘press conference condemning the KBS drama forcing the handsome men to make illegally’ in front of the KBS main building in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. They were fired in a large number of ways.”
Photo = KBS ‘Beautiful Man’ poster.
Below is the full text of the position of the production company of ‘Beautiful Namdang’.
This is the official position of the production company of the drama ‘Beautiful Man’.
‘Beautiful Man’ side signed a consignment contract with the staff under the agreement, and filming was carried out according to the contract’s contents, observing 52 hours a week.
According to the contract, the average filming time for the 23 weeks of production so far was about 39 hours per week, and the filming time for the week with the least filming was about 25 hours.
At the time of the contract, filming was scheduled to end at the end of May, so the contract period was set at the end of May.
Accordingly, we negotiated with the staff according to the agreement on the extension of the contract period specified in the contract, and most of the staff agreed to extend the contract period under the same conditions as in the existing contract, but some staff requested new conditions and agreed to the contract renewal I didn’t. As some claim, the ‘production company’ has never unilaterally notified the contract termination, that is, dismissal, and the contract has been terminated according to the contents of the contract.
Currently, most of the staff are working hard on filming by observing the 52 hours a week filming time, but they are experiencing a lot of difficulties due to the claims of some. The production team is doing their best with love for the work, and we hope that the issue will be resolved as soon as possible, and the actors and staff will work together as one to focus on filming and return to viewers with a good work. thank you
By Tae Yuna, staff reporter for Tenasia youyou@tenasia.co.kr