FemaleAct Calculator
FemaleAct is an association of FINTA actors who live and work in Switzerland (FINTA stands for Women (Frauen), Intersex, Non-binary, Trans and Agender individuals). They use their professional experience to identify where structural change is needed in the performing arts and develop projects to accelerate it.
FemaleAct has developed the online tool «Kalkulator» over the last two years. It has been integrated in the FemaleAct website since December 2023. In 2024, the tool will be further developed in collaboration with the first users.
What does this tool comprise?
On the FemaleAct website, performing artists can quickly and easily calculate care costs outside regular working hours (7:00am-6:00pm).
The first version of the calculator focuses on childcare.
Tags
#care
#costs
#fair wages
#fair practice
#contracts
What does this tool do?
The calculator works out the childcare costs you will have to bear during rehearsals over and above the institutional options. The result can be downloaded as a PDF.
So you can:
- enter into wage negotiations
- contribute to a fair wage structure
- raise awareness of work-life balance
Who is this tool for?
The FemaleAct calculator is available free of charge to both artists and employers.
Why is this tool important?
In performing arts projects (theatre, performance, film, etc.), work is often done outside regular working and institutional childcare hours. Artists therefore often incur additional childcare costs, which they have to bear privately.
The calculator helps to make these costs visible, enabling the additional care work to be adequately factored into cultural project budgets.