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Entertainment Partners will be closed Friday, July 3, 2020 in observance of Independence Day. Due to the shortened workweek payroll will be processed in accordance with the following cutoff dates: ...
After many people in Los Angeles County have been unable to work due to stay-at-home orders issued by the government in the face of the COVID-19 health pandemic nearly three months ago, the Coun ...
From the LA Times: “It’s about options,” said Joseph Chianese, executive vice president at Entertainment Partners, an industry consultancy based in Burbank. “Before it was who had the higher incen ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Monday, May 25, 2020 in observance of Memorial Day. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened workweek, please note the ...
Production Protocols on COVID-19 Expected for Early June More regional productions, sustainability training and gathering exemptions were discussed by Canada’s film commissioners on a webinar with ...
On April 6, 2020, we alerted production companies that they could be eligible for employee retention credits (ERC) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act through ...
EP hosted a free webinar last week spotlighting production in New Mexico. Moderated by EP’s Joe Chianese, panelists included Amber Dodson (Director, New Mexico Film Office), Eric Witt (Producer, T ...
In our recently published Legal Alert entitled “How Entertainment Partners is Assisting SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loan Applicants – April 7, 2020,” we summarized certain loan programs made ...
Entertainment Partners’ MASTER SERIES is a series of free webinars hosted by experts and centered on the production industry. Deadline magazine recapped yesterday’s webinar titled California: Prod ...
Title I of the newly enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act reserves $349 billion of the $2 trillion stimulus package for qualifying small businesses through loans ...
Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened workweek, please note the following cutoff dates: Payroll Turned In Payroll Ready Tuesday, April 7 BEFORE 6:00 pm T ...
As entertainment industry employers continue to grapple with production hiatuses precipitated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, production companies may be pleased to learn they could be e ...
Enactment of New York Coronavirus Quarantine Order Benefits Legislation In response to the COVID-19 pandemic—which has necessitated local governments to issue shelter-in-place (or stay-at-home) ...
As entertainment industry employers continue to grapple with production hiatuses precipitated by the coronavirus outbreak, productions will need to remain mindful about circumstances that may tr ...
Additional Employee Paid Leave Protections Federal Government Responds to Coronavirus Outbreak On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed Congress’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Ac ...
“Payroll is exciting, critical, rewarding.” Davida Lara, Executive Vice President, Payroll Services is featured on the cover of the American Payroll Association’s Paytech Magazine and inside share ...
Mark Goldstein, President and CEO of Entertainment Partners, recently wrote an article that was published in the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) Journal. The article focuses on our ...
Please note, our Canadian offices in Toronto and Vancouver will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020 in observance of the statutory holiday, Family Day. Both offices will be back open on Tuesday ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Monday, February 17, 2020 in observance of Presidents Day. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened workweek, please n ...
Burbank, CA, January 13, 2020 – Entertainment Partners (“EP”), the leading global end-to-end provider of production workforce management and automated production management solutions to the entert ...
Please note that on Friday, December 13, 2019 our Vancouver office will be closing at 2:00 pm PST. Payroll will not be processed after 2:00 pm PST – please ensure that all payroll packages are pic ...
As the holidays near, we ask for your cooperation with the following revised operating schedule. Due to shortened workweeks, edits will be provided as soon as time permits. If you have any quest ...
2020 W-4 The IRS has developed a new Form W-4 that will go into effect on 1/1/2020. The redesigned W-4 abandons the concept of filing status-based withholding allowances we are accustomed to usin ...
John Hadity discussed “Everything You Need To Know About Production Incentives” and provided a primer on the four different kinds of incentives...
The post EP Incentives’ John Hadity Mentioned in ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 in observance of Thanksgiving. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened ...
Mark Goldstein, EP’s President and CEO, has announced that Chief Financial Officer Darren Seidel has moved into a joint role in which he will also serve as Chief Operations Officer. Seidel has bee ...
The per diem CONUS high low rates changed on October 1, 2019 (the Federal government’s fiscal year is October 1 – September 30). The new high rate increased from $287 to $297 and the low also incr ...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) into law on September 18, 2019 and it becomes effective on January 1, 2020. AB 5 codifies the California Supreme Court’s 2018 decisio ...
“It’s really important to talk to people who have a very good understanding of what kinds of entities you should use — what kinds of taxes issues you have to be prepared for down the road, and wha ...
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 271 into law. The law clarifies that California (CA) serves as the correct state for Motion Picture Payroll Services Companies (MPPSCs) to submit unemployment i ...
Our Florida office will be closed until Thursday, September 5th due to Hurricane Dorian. Stay safe everyone.
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Entertainment Partners will be closed Monday, September 2, 2019 in observance of Labor Day. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened workweek, please note t ...
EP Canada will be closed Monday, August 5, 2019 in observance of the August Civic Holiday. This shortened workweek changes deadlines for payroll processing. Please note the following: Clients pi ...
The most recent New Mexico film and television tax credit legislation went into effect July 1, 2019. EP hosted New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department representatives to discuss important updates an ...
All employers in New York and California are now required to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees, in both supervisory and non-supervisory positions. Employers in New Yor ...
Due to weather, our Louisiana office is currently closed. You can monitor EP’s social media for status updates. If you need immediate assistance with any of EP’s hosted products, contact the Burba ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Thursday, July 4, 2019 in observance of Independence Day. Due to the shortened workweek payroll will be processed in accordance with the following cutoff date ...
Forecasting for New Media residuals is an evolving process. In this webinar, Anthony De La Rosa, EP’s EVP of Residuals, discusses how to forecast for New Media residuals when creating a budget for ...
“What we discovered is that there’s a big data problem within the production office. It wasn’t so much that scheduling didn’t work, it was that people couldn’t get the information they needed out ...
EP’s Chief Technology Officer, Patrick Baca, was quoted in MESA’s M&E Daily. “We like change, but we seek consistency. Create the right environment that introduces the right amount of change, but ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Monday, May 27, 2019 in observance of Memorial Day. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened workweek, please note the ...
New resources enhance capacity to realize vision for clients
Due to weather, Entertainment Partners’ Canadian offices have closed for the remainder of Tuesday, February 12, 2019. You can monitor EP’s social media for status updates. If you need assistance w ...
CTO Patrick Baca’s article, “Embracing Open-Source Through Automation” was published in the 2018-2019 Winter Edition of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) Journal. Baca discusses N ...
The IRS announced that the business standard mileage rate for transportation expenses paid or incurred beginning January 1, 2019, will be 58 cents per mile. This is a 3.5 cent increase from the 54 ...
2018 Year-End Payroll Schedule As the holidays near, we ask for your cooperation with the following revised operating schedule. Due to shortened workweeks, edits will be provided as soon as time ...
Cal/OSHA approved an emergency regulation on November 1, 2018 that requires covered employers to submit their Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) data covering calendar year ...
Entertainment Partners will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. Payroll will be processed on its regular schedule. However, due to the shortened ...