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SAG-AFTRA Talking With Studios on Force Majeure Clauses for Television Actors

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By Dave McNary Film Reporter SAG-AFTRA has told 160,000 members that its staff is working with employers to determine the specifics of how television actors are going to be paid — if at all — during the production shutdown caused by the cononavirus pandemic.

The union posted a message late Thursday on its website as a “COVID-19 Update” — including whether the “force majeure” clauses in its master contracts, which excuse performance of employer obligations when circumstances arise beyond the companies’ control.

The update said employers have taken different approaches to those obligations but was unspecific as to what those approaches are. “Dear Members: We understand that many of you have been affected by the shutdown, postponement or

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