If you are participating in the Animation Guild 401k Plan and have recently changed studios, or if you had a hiatus and have returned to work at the same studio, your 401k deductions may have stopped. Check your paycheck stub; if there are no deductions showing or if you have questions, call Marta Strohl-Rowand at (818) 845-7500 ext. 114 for info and assistance getting your 401k deductions started back up.
JUNE 2009 Investment changes
SEPTEMBER 2008 MassMutual Q&A about the economic situation
Health and pension information
The Motion Picture Industry Health and Pension Plan (MPIPHP) administers our health and pension benefits under the union collective bargaining agreement. They are not to be confused with the Motion Picture & Television Fund (see below).
Click here for a list of phone numbers, web pages and e-mail links for further information
PREDESIGNATING YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN
In accordance with the workers' compensation reform law enacted April 19, 2004, as it amends Labor Code Section 4600, if your employer provides group health coverage (either union or non-union), you are allowed to pre-designate your primary care physician as your personal physician for your workers' compensation medical treatment. If you pre-designate your personal physician, you will be allowed to be treated by this doctor immediately after you are injured. If you fail to pre-designate your personal physician, your employer will select a physician for you. To pre-designate a physician, complete the following form in full, and send it to your employer's human resources department (not to the Guild or the Health Plan).
The form is available here in PDF format
The Actors' Fund of America, a nonprofit organization founded in 1882, provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals -- animators, designers, writers, sound technicians, musicians, dancers, administrators, directors, film editors, stagehands -- as well as actors. Professionals in film, television, radio, theatre, dance and music all turn to The Actors' Fund in times of need.
Click here for information on the Actors Work Program, which helps entertainment industry professionals deal with career changes and challenges.
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