Under the FijnWeekend Commercial Producenten Akkoord, the agreement for Dutch commercial shoots, a shoot day is 10 hours from departure to return, including a seated lunch of at least 30 minutes. Hours 11 to 14 pay 150% of the hourly rate, hours 15 and 16 pay 200%, and hour 17 onward pays 300%, where the hourly rate is one tenth of the day rate. On a running lunch or French hours day, overtime starts after 8 hours instead of 10. Travel and work between 22:00 and 06:00 pay a night rate of 150%, and overtime in those hours is calculated on that night rate, up to a cap of 300%.
Everything below comes from version 1.7 of the akkoord, dated 15 November 2023, which is the current version on the Fijn Weekend akkoord page. Quotes are in the original Dutch. Fijn Weekend is the crew association that negotiated the agreement with commercial producers. It has nothing to do with Fijn Weekend, the 2023 feature film, and the akkoord covers commercials only. Drama and fiction have separate terms.
Who does the FijnWeekend akkoord apply to?
The akkoord applies to every job with a producer that signed it, and the akkoord page lists those producers by name. For those jobs, the page says, crew only negotiate their own day rate and any role-specific fees, and the akkoord's terms cover the rest. Signing is voluntary, and the association advises crew to put the akkoord on their quotes and invoices for other commercial clients as well.
How long is a shoot day under the akkoord?
A shoot day (draaidag) is 10 hours uit en thuis. Article 1.1 defines it as "10 uur 'uit en thuis' (8.2) inclusief minimaal 30 minuten zittende lunch (7.2), min ontbijt (7.1) en wraphap (7.4)". Uit en thuis is travel and work time from departure until return at the agreed standplaats, a facilities company or the hotel. Travel to set counts. Breakfast and the wrap snack are on your own time, and lunch is inside the 10 hours.
The akkoord defines a few other day types:
- Running lunch and French hours are 8-hour shoot days. With running lunch you eat while working, and with French hours lunch comes before the day starts. The producer has to tell crew in advance.
- A half day lasts at most 6 hours uit en thuis and pays 75% of the day rate. Once it runs past 6 hours it becomes a normal day at 100%.
- A non-shoot day (niet-draaidag), a workday for the production outside the shoot days, has "dezelfde voorwaarden als voor een draaidag".
The akkoord also sets an upper limit: a workday "zou omwille van het welzijn en de veiligheid van crew nooit langer mogen duren dan 14 uur". The limit does not cap pay: hours past 14 are still paid at the higher tiers.
How are the hourly rate and the overtime tiers calculated?
The hourly rate is one tenth of the day rate, so a €500 day rate gives €50 an hour. Article 3.2 states it outright as "het standaard uurtarief (1/10 deel van de dagprijs)", and the same rate applies on running lunch days, even though those days are only 8 hours long. Overtime is paid per hour at a percentage of that rate:
| Hour of the day | Standard day (10 h) | Running lunch / French hours (8 h) | At €500 a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overtime 1 to 4 | hours 11 to 14 | hours 9 to 12 | €75 an hour |
| Overtime 5 to 6 | hours 15 and 16 | hours 13 and 14 | €100 an hour |
| Overtime 7 on | hour 17 onward | hour 15 onward | €150 an hour |
Overtime is settled day by day. Article 3 says: "Overuren worden per dag berekend en kunnen niet worden gecompenseerd op andere dagen." A short day on Tuesday does not cancel out a long Monday.
What do the night, Sunday and other premiums add?
Each premium has its own basis. Night work raises the hourly rate itself, while the Sunday and 6th or 7th day premiums are a percentage of the day rate. There is no Saturday premium.
| Rule (article) | What the akkoord v1.7 sets |
|---|---|
| Night (4.1) | Travel and work between 22:00 and 06:00 at 150% of the hourly rate, announced at least 72 hours before the workday |
| Night overtime (3.3) | Overtime percentages apply to the night rate, "met een maximum van 300%" |
| Sunday and public holidays (6) | 150% of the day rate, or of the travel day fee. Overtime stays at the standard hourly rate (3.4) |
| 6th and 7th day (1.3) | After 5 consecutive workdays: 150% of the day rate on day 6, 200% on day 7, only with the crew member's prior consent |
| Turnaround (5.1) | At least 10 hours of rest. Each hour short is paid at 150% of the hourly rate, separate from the hours worked |
| Weekend turnaround (5.2) | At least 58 hours (48 + 10) after every 5th workday, or 34 hours per day off when the two days are split. Each hour short at 150%. Under 48 hours, the next workday becomes a 6th or 7th day |
| Travel day (8.3) | Up to 5 hours: 75% of the hourly rate per hour. From 5 hours: 50% of the day rate. With an equipment truck or equipment responsibility, 100% in both cases, for drivers only |
| Uitslaapdag (4.2) | After several consecutive workdays with night work past 02:00, the day that cannot be worked pays 100% of the day rate, and the night rate lapses |
| Per diem (8.5) | When crew stay away from home: €25 per workday with lunch, €50 per travel day or day off, unless the producer covers these costs |
Fijn Weekend itself flags night premium on overtime as the hard part: "Vooral nachttoeslag over overuren berekenen, blijken veel crewleden lastig te vinden." The association published a separate rekenvoorbeeld for night work with overtime, which spells it out: night work adds 50% of your hourly rate, or of your overtime rate, and "nooit 150% extra". A night hour in the 150% tier therefore pays 225% of the hourly rate. In the 200% tier it reaches the 300% cap, and from there on no hour pays more.
Its free rekentool turns your times into a PDF hour specification for your invoice. Its page says it applies the akkoord "behalve weekend-turnaround ivm technische restricties", so the weekend rest rule has to be checked by hand there.
Example 1: what does a normal 10-hour day pay?
A normal day pays exactly the day rate. Take a €500 day rate (€50 an hour) and a weekday from 08:00 to 18:00 uit en thuis, with a seated lunch:
| Line | Time | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate | 08:00 to 18:00 | 10 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Total | €500.00 |
Lunch is part of the 10 hours, so nothing is deducted for it.
Example 2: what does a 15-hour day pay?
A 15-hour day at €500 pays €900, because hours 11 to 14 pay 150% and hour 15 pays 200%. The day runs from 06:00 to 21:00 uit en thuis on a weekday. It starts when the night window closes, so no night rate applies:
| Line | Time | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate | 06:00 to 16:00 | 10 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Overtime, hours 11 to 14 | 16:00 to 20:00 | 4 | 150% × €50 = €75 | €300.00 |
| Overtime, hour 15 | 20:00 to 21:00 | 1 | 200% × €50 = €100 | €100.00 |
| Total | €900.00 |
This day breaks the 14-hour limit of article 1, and because it runs past 12 hours the producer owes a second meal (article 7.3: "Wanneer een draaidag, gepland of onvoorzien, langer duurt dan 12 uur, dan dient de producent een second meal aan te bieden"). If the call the next morning comes less than 10 hours after the 21:00 return, each missing hour of rest adds another €75.
Example 3: how does night work stack on overtime on a running lunch day?
A running lunch day from 13:00 to midnight at €500 pays €800. The base day ends at 21:00, after 8 hours, and the two overtime hours after 22:00 also get the night rate:
| Line | Time | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day rate (running lunch) | 13:00 to 21:00 | 8 | 100% of the day rate | €500.00 |
| Overtime, hour 9 | 21:00 to 22:00 | 1 | 150% × €50 = €75 | €75.00 |
| Overtime at night, hours 10 and 11 | 22:00 to 00:00 | 2 | 150% × 150% × €50 = €112.50 | €225.00 |
| Total | €800.00 |
The same clock times on a standard lunch day come to €637.50. The day rate then covers 13:00 to 23:00, the night hour 22:00 to 23:00 inside the day adds 50% of €50 (€25.00), and only one overtime hour remains, 23:00 to midnight at night: €112.50.
These totals are what CrewShift's pay engine returns for the same clock times on its Fijn Weekend work rules. The same engine also reproduces Fijn Weekend's own rekenvoorbeeld to the cent: €241.25 for a day from 14:45 to 06:00 at a €100 day rate.
How does CrewShift apply these rules?
A CrewShift project on Fijn Weekend applies the day rate, overtime, night, Sunday, consecutive-day, turnaround and travel rules above to the clock times crew record on their phone. The crew member and the producer read the same line-by-line breakdown, the hours are approved first, and the crew member's invoice is then built from the approved hours. The values the app uses are listed in the Fijn Weekend help article. For the binding text, the akkoord PDF is the source.