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At Highland, our experienced staff acts as an extension of your broadcast production and
business departments to handle all aspects of the talent payroll process for TV, radio, digital
music, video, print and other non-broadcast commercials.
In addition to handling session and residual payments under the SAG-AFTRA, AFM, ACTRA and UDA
national and regional codes, we take on all of the daily responsibilities, including:
- Specialized talent payroll invoicing and reporting
- Payroll tax withholding and filings
- Workers’ compensation insurance
- Union P&H, H&R and MEWF reporting and remittance
We’ll keep you constantly informed and advise you throughout the process with:
- Consulting on union contracts and regulations
- Cycles reminders (holding and re-use)
- Rights expiration tracking and reminders
- Guarantee tracking
- Web-based platform for estimating, reporting and payment authorization
- Individual and group training
- Assistance with union audits and inquiries
- Talent and agent customer assistance
- Business affairs consulting, including negotiations, music licensing, network clearance, and on-set advice.
A Simple Platform for Complex Challenges
Our proprietary platform for talent cost estimating, payment authorization and reporting was designed
with user-friendliness as a top priority:
- Completely web-based with high availability and mobile- friendly so you get the information you need, when and where you need it.
- Quickly create detailed session and residual budgets with presentation-quality reports
- Accurately and efficiently authorize holding and re-use payments
- Through our numerous web reports, you can easily view all of your payment activity, track cycles and reconcile costs
- Highland’s experienced staff provides training and prompt user support for ease of use