Study on Employment Standards and Human Resource Management Tools

On March 7, 2012, the Inde­pen­dent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) pub­lished a report on employ­ment stan­dards and human resources in artist-run media arts orga­ni­za­tions. It appears that base salaries in these cen­ters are lower than those in other not-for-profit sectors.

The study has found that:

• Employ­ees are young and highly skilled
• Two thirds of employ­ees are required to work over­time, up to 10 to 20 hours;
• Spend­ing on ben­e­fits is low;
• Employee turnover is high, with over 40% of all employ­ees in their posi­tions for two years or less.

It appears to us that the same con­clu­sions could be drawn in many other orga­ni­za­tions from the cul­tural sec­tor. To learn more about the study, click here.