A broken turnaround is a rest between two workdays that is shorter than the agreed minimum. Under the FijnWeekend Commercial Producenten Akkoord, the agreement for Dutch commercial shoots, the minimum is 10 hours from arriving back at the standplaats or hotel to leaving again, and every hour short is paid at 150% of the hourly rate on top of the day. After five workdays the rest must be 58 hours, and two days off split over a week need 34 hours each. The sector Leidraad for film and AV also sets 10 hours and a 48-hour weekend, but attaches no penalty.
The akkoord rules below come from version 1.7, dated 15 November 2023 and still the current version on the akkoord page. Quotes are in the original Dutch. Fijn Weekend is the crew association that negotiated it, and it has nothing to do with the 2023 feature film of the same name. The workday itself, with its overtime tiers, is covered in the overtime post.
Which rules set the turnaround for Dutch film crew?
Two sector documents set it, because for freelancers the law does not. The government's answer is short: "Er zijn geen regels voor werktijden en rusttijden voor u als zzp'er", with an exception where there is a gezagsverhouding (Rijksoverheid). For crew who work as zzp'ers, the rest rules that count are the ones in the agreement or the contract.
The first is article 5 of the FijnWeekend akkoord, which applies to commercials with a producer that signed it. Fijn Weekend's Voorwaarden Fictie of April 2026 repeat that article word for word for drama. The second is the Leidraad veilig en gezond werken AV-sector, version 2.0 of December 2025, which covers the whole film and AV sector. Its colophon says it was drafted "als redelijke norm" by representatives of the producers, with input from the parties at the fairPACCT Ketentafel, Fijn Weekend and the Kunstenbond among them.
How is a turnaround measured under the FijnWeekend akkoord?
It runs from the moment you arrive back to the moment you leave again. Article 5.1: "Turnaround is de rusttijd van minimaal 10 uur tussen de aankomst standplaats (zoals benoemd onder 8.1), een facilitair bedrijf of hotel én het vertrek de volgende dag van standplaats, een facilitair bedrijf of hotel voor dezelfde productie."
The standplaats is the base that producer and crew member agree before the job. Without one, it is the client's office (article 8.1). Travel between the standplaats and set is work time under the uit en thuis rule (8.2), so the rest only starts once you are back at the standplaats. If you live far from it, your own trip home still comes out of those 10 hours.
The premium stands apart from the workday: "Turnaround-toeslaguren staan dus los van de gewerkte uren tijdens de dag ervoor en erna." A short rest is paid as its own line and does not shorten the next day or count as overtime.
What does a broken turnaround cost?
Each hour short of 10 is paid at 150% of the hourly rate, which is one tenth of the day rate. Article 5.1a: "Elk uur minder dan 10 uur rusttijd wordt tegen 150% van de uurprijs in rekening gebracht." At a €500 day rate that is €75 per missing hour.
Take a Tuesday that ends back at the standplaats at 23:00, with a Wednesday call that means leaving again at 07:00. The rest is 8 hours. Wednesday itself is a normal 10-hour day:
| Line | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate, Wednesday 07:00 to 17:00 | 10 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Turnaround, 8 hours of rest | 2 short | 150% × €50 = €75 | €150.00 |
| Total for Wednesday | €650.00 |
How long is the weekend turnaround?
After every fifth workday the rest must be at least 58 hours. Article 5.2 calls it "de weekendrust van minimaal 58 uur (48 uur + 10 uur turnaround)", measured the same way, from arrival after the fifth workday to departure for the next one. Every hour short of 58 is again paid at 150% (5.2a).
Take a Monday to Friday week where Friday runs late and the return is at 02:00 on Saturday. The Monday call means leaving at 06:00. Saturday 02:00 to Monday 06:00 is 52 hours, 6 short of 58:
| Line | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate, Monday 06:00 to 16:00 | 10 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Weekend turnaround, 52 hours | 6 short | 150% × €50 = €75 | €450.00 |
| Total for Monday | €950.00 |
Six missing hours of weekend rest add almost a full day rate to Monday. Fijn Weekend's free rekentool applies the akkoord "behalve weekend-turnaround ivm technische restricties", so with that tool this line has to be worked out by hand.
What if the two days off are split over the week?
Then each day off needs 34 hours of rest, 24 plus the usual 10. Article 5.2: "Wanneer 2 vrije dagen worden verdeeld over een week, dan moet elke vrije dag minimaal 34 uur bedragen (24 uur + 10 uur turnaround)." The akkoord gives no separate rate for a short day off. The example below applies the 150% of article 5.2a to each missing hour.
Take a week with Thursday off. Wednesday ends back at the standplaats at 22:00, and Friday starts with departure at 06:00. That is 32 hours, 2 short of 34:
| Line | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate, Friday 06:00 to 16:00 | 10 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Turnaround around the day off | 2 short | 150% × €50 = €75 | €150.00 |
| Total for Friday | €650.00 |
What happens when the weekend rest is under 48 hours?
Then the break no longer counts as a weekend. Article 5.2c: "Wanneer de Weekend Turnaround minder dan 48 uur blijkt, dan wordt de dag waarop het werk plaatsvindt, een 6e dag of zelfs een 7e dag." Under article 1.3 a 6th day pays 150% of the day rate and a 7th day 200%, and such a day may only be planned "na instemming vooraf van crewlid". The akkoord does not say whether the 58-hour premium of 5.2a is also due on top in that case. Agree on it with the producer before the shoot.
What does the sector Leidraad say about rest?
The Leidraad sets the same 10 hours and leaves travel out of them. It adds a 14-hour ceiling and a notice rule, and it sets no penalty. Uitgangspunt 23: "Deze rusttijd ('Turnaround tijd') bedraagt minimaal 10 uur. De Turnaround tijd omvat geen Reistijd of Reisdag." It applies where the producer "Werkdagen en werktijden bepaalt". Side by side:
| Topic | FijnWeekend akkoord v1.7 | Leidraad v2.0 (Dec 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Rest between workdays | 10 hours, arrival at standplaats or hotel to departure (5.1) | 10 hours, travel not included (23) |
| Travel | Work time, uit en thuis (8.2) | "Reistijd is geen werktijd of Turnaround tijd", counted at most 2 hours a day by car (25) |
| Longest workday | "nooit langer mogen duren dan 14 uur" (1) | 14 hours including breaks and travel, then the 10-hour turnaround (19) |
| Weekend rest | 58 hours after every 5th workday, 34 per split day off (5.2) | 48 hours in a row once per 7 days, on top of the turnaround, preferably at the weekend (29, 30) |
| Weekend not possible | Under 48 hours, the next day becomes a 6th or 7th day (5.2c) | As an exception, 96 hours of rest within 14 days, one block of 48 hours (32) |
| Notice | Night work announced 72 hours ahead (4.1) | Night shoots and weekend days known 120 hours (5 workdays) ahead (27) |
| Rest cut short | 150% of the hourly rate per missing hour (5.1a, 5.2a) | No penalty |
Where travel from the agreed starting point to the location takes more than an hour and the turnaround cannot be kept, the Leidraad expects the producer to arrange "een Hotelovernachting of een aangepaste Call" (25).
Fijn Weekend pointed out the missing penalty when the Leidraad was presented. It wrote that the Leidraad "betreft het uitgangspunten en staan er geen (financiële) consequenties voor overschrijdingen in beschreven. Die drempels moet je, net als nu eigenlijk, zelf opwerpen en vast laten leggen in je contract" (Fijn Weekend). On a production that has not signed the akkoord, a rest premium applies only when the quote or the deal memo says so.
How does CrewShift handle turnaround?
On a project with the Fijn Weekend work rules, CrewShift measures the rest from one clock-out to the next clock-in and adds a turnaround line at 150% per missing hour: 10 hours between workdays, 34 around a single day off, and 58 when five workdays in a row are followed by two or more days off. The three tables above are what its pay engine returns for those clock times. Crew member and producer read the same breakdown, and a producer comparing schedule scenarios sees the turnaround premiums of a planned schedule in the cost estimate. The schedule's clash check only looks at overlapping bookings, so it does not warn about short rest. The help article on pay lists the settings, and the akkoord PDF remains the binding text.