One of the new benefits won in the recent contract negotiations is a rule that now requires companies to confirm the employment of Associate Directors and/or Stage Managers on prime time entertainment programs or series, and Associate Directors and/or Stage Managers who are employed for 5 days or more on other types of programs or series. Employers must provide both the member and the Guild with a copy of written deal memo before the start of employment. However, this does not supercede the requirement for DGA Members in these and all other categories to report their work to the Guild.

To make it simple for DGA members to report their job assignments, the Guild provides automated Work Report Hotlines that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Within one week of any new job assignment DGA members should call the Work Report Hotline and provide the Guild with the following information: your name and DGA number, your category, the title of the project and name and phone number of the production company, and the names of any fellow DGA members working with you. To utilize the Work Report Hotlines please call the number below that corresponds to your region and follow the prompts:

• For the West Coast call: (310) 289-2040
• For the East Coast call: (212) 258-0890
• For the Midwest call: (312) 644-7520