You submit invoices, but the production tells you when to arrive, how to work and what equipment to use. You are told this settles every question about pay.
Illustrative situation. Pay & contracts.
You might hear
“You’re a contractor. That’s the end of it.”
What you can do
- Keep the contract alongside evidence of how the job actually worked: instructions, tools, scheduling and financial risk.
- Ask Employment Standards about the relationship. Do not assume invoicing makes you a contractor, or that all film workers are employees.
- Use the calculator’s “not sure” option until coverage is clear. Contract recovery and wage complaints can involve different processes.
Example wording
“I’d like to check which rules cover this working arrangement before agreeing that no overtime applies.”
Use your own words. You can take this to an adviser instead of the person involved.Keep a record
- Contract and invoices
- Work instructions and who supplied equipment
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.