Appetite, a short drama series for SBS On Demand, looks at the exploitation of delivery riders. Its makers have drawn fire for attempting to do likewise.
A drama series about exploited delivery riders called for delivery riders to appear as extras - without pay.The ad was posted on Facebook twice over the past three weeks, but has now been removed.
Under the industry-wide agreement administered by the Equity branch of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance , extras are to be paid a day rate of $211.63. If employed by the hour the rate is $28.79, but they must be paid for a minimum of four hours . “When a food delivery rider dies on the streets of Sydney,” ran the pitch when the show was announced, “an unlikely trio of fellow riders find themselves entangled in a mystery to uncover the truth and expose a multinational food delivery behemoth”.
However, an exemption in the agreement covering television allows producers, “for the purpose of authenticity”, to “invite members of the public in civilian dress to join in a scene” without those people being considered employees and needing to be paid.
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