Legal Question in Entertainment Law in California
To manage television and film union makeup and hair stylist and place them on union jobs in california, and have them send you a commission check do you have to be licensed ? Is it against a union rule? Is it against the law to do the same on a non union show ?
1 Answer from Attorneys
If you are placing people in employment, you are not a manager, you are an agent. Agents in California must be licensed by the state, regardless of the type of employment. If you fail to do so, you may be fined. In addition, your clients may refuse to pay you and may go to court to reclaim any monies they have already paid.
If these people work for you and you send them out to do jobs you supervise and the shows pay you (and you, in turn, pay your employees), then you would not be considered an agent.
Managers do not need to be licensed, but legally they may not procure employment or negotiate on behalf of clients. All a manager can legally do is give advice and provide career/business guidance--most also make introductions and help in the hiring of agents and publicists.
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