Advice about secondary payments
What they are, why they are important and how they are paid.
Royalties and other secondary payments arising from the terms of the unions collective agreements
Secondary Payments
Understanding Secondary Payments
Secondary payments are negotiated by Equity
Enforcing secondary payments
Equity monitors, enforces and collects millions of pounds in royalties and similar payments every year across hundreds of productions.
Distributing Secondary Payments
How Equity distributes your Secondary Payments
Over £65 million for performers
Equity agreements have delivered £65 million in secondary and back-end payments for performers engaged on union contracts paid out via the Distributions Team since the EDS was launched 2017.