Working Conditions in Spain

Permits

Spain is part of the EU. No special working permits needed.

Working Hours

Salaries based on 57 hour week (10 hours daily + 1 hour lunch), Monday through to Friday, Saturday 7 hours.

Overtime

Overtime on Monday to Saturday is payable at 1+½ times of salary divided by 57 hours.
Bank Holidays and Sunday are payable 2+½ times of salary divided by 6 days.
12 hours turn around for spanish crew call to call, when travel is not more than ½ hours.

Rates (Minimums)

Please refer to the enclosed PDF (2008).

Allowances

• The allowance will vary on the size and importance of the city or town. As an average we can allow:
  • Breakfast: 10 euros
  • Dinner: 40 euros
  • Location allowance: 10 euros
  • Total per day: 60 euros
• Catering: The price per day per person is 25 euros. 150 people minimum. Lunch if not served by catering : 15 euros
• Accomodation: in major cities, like Madrid or Barcelona, we should allow approx 150 euros. per night for single occupancy of a double room in a four-star hotel. In smaller towns 90 euros per night.

Other costs

Details of Transportation, animal rental and catering here.

Actors Wages

• Minimum Main characters: € 666 daily/ € 3’011 weekly
• Minimum Secondary characters: € 485 daily/ € 2158 weekly

+ 5% for clearance of Intellectual Property

For more details and other rates, consult the enclosed PDF.

VAT

The rate in Spain is currently 16%. All prices quoted here are excluding VAT. Salaries are not marked with VAT, but any other item rented or purchased is marked. VAT is recoverable for most of the items, in Spain it takes between 6 months to a year to get it back from the tax office.

Insurance

Third party insurance for 3.500.000 euros coverage costs approx. 8.000 euros.

Some Important Address

• Actors Guild: www.uniondeactores.com
• FAPAE - Spanish Federation of Audio-Visual Producers: www.fapae.es
• APPA - Association of audiovisual professionals (crew): www.asociacionappa.es