You agreed to a day rate. The call runs to 16 hours, then you still have a truck to wrap. Nobody will explain what the rate covers.
Illustrative situation. Pay & hours.
You might hear
“We agreed on a flat rate. It takes as long as it takes.”
What you can do
- Keep a record from your own start to your own finish—not just camera wrap. Separate wages from kit hire and expenses.
- Use the pay calculator for an initial check. Ask for the breakdown in writing; a result above minimum wage does not rule out missing overtime.
- Ask Employment Standards or your union about coverage before treating the estimate as money definitely owed.
Example wording
“Please confirm the hours included in my rate, the overtime terms and when my paid day ends.”
Use your own words. You can take this to an adviser instead of the person involved.Keep a record
- Deal memo or booking messages
- Your actual hours and gross pay statement
Keep records you are entitled to hold, somewhere secure. Avoid collecting other people’s private material or recording secretly without advice. This site does not take incident reports.
Related situations
“Just pick up the truck before your call.”
Do not let the call sheet erase the work either side of it.
Pay & hours“Put twelve hours. That’s what we budgeted.”
The budget is not a record of your hours.
Pay & records