The social status of the artists in France

In France the artists and the technicians of show without a fixed employer can receive a supplementary indemnification besides their wage, for the days of the month in the course of which they did not work, and it during 243 days. To be able to benefit from this allocation poured by organism in load of unemployment, they have to prove that during a period of ten months, they worked at the very least 507 hours, that is every hour of repetition, recording or show must correspond to a wage and impressing social security contributions.

The main advantage of this social status is that he allows the artists to dedicate himself to their profession and to be available without having to look for an extra payment.

On the other hand, the artists have no material security beyond 9 months, therefore their financial standing is very fragile if they cross a too long period without having official job.

Nowadays French social policy is influenced by Anglo-Saxon liberalism, and therefore one always takes a new look at this social status of the artists and the technicians of show with as objective to abolish it and to transform artist’s job into liberal occupation.

Patrice Villaumé