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International Journal of Law and Management: The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Abstract
Purpose – Against the background of the biggest arts festival in the world, there have been some shocking
findings recently about the treatment of performers and other workers at the Fringe. The purpose of this
paper is to consider the type of treatment a significant number of Fringe workers experience and how it might
be dealt with under the law. The mistreatment of workers includes being: required to work excessively long
hours, paid low wages or no wages, subject to sexual or street harassment, lookism, ageism or deprivation of
other employment rights. What is unusual about Fringe workers is they normally only work for a short time
(often a maximum of two months). Also, in respect of performers and other theatre workers, they might be
inclined to work on a voluntary, unpaid basis to gain the necessary experience to kickstart their careers.
Employers will often be theatrical promoters in charge of productions at a number of venues. This paper
highlights the issues surrounding working at the Fringe and identifies the employment law issues for its
workers. This involves identifying likely breaches of legislation under the civil law and contract law by
employers. Also, the consideration of how the criminal law could apply to the treatment of workers is
undertaken. Finally, it involves an analysis of how the rights of Fringe workers could be better protected. The
findings and recommendations in this paper will have application to any situation where someone is
employed as a volunteer or worker in an artistic setting on a short-term basis.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a review of sources drawn from articles in law journals,
newspapers, etc.
Sam Middlemiss - Personal Name
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EMERALD INSIGHT
2021
ENGLAND
JURNAL ILMU HUKUM
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APA Citation
Sam Middlemiss. (2021).International Journal of Law and Management:
The legal rights of workers and
volunteers at the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.(Electronic Thesis or Dissertation). Retrieved from https://localhost/etd