UK Film & TV Bullying Reporting Body To Create Industry-Wide Standards Following High-Profile Incidents
The UK’s new independent body for reporting bullying and sexual harassment in the TV and film industries is to create industry-wide standards following a set of high-profile incidents, the latest being Gregg Wallace.
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is seeking input for a consultation looking to inform minimum standards of behavior, which will close on January 27 before the standards are published the following month.
CIISA said these standards will be scalable to all productions and can “provide a framework for a single, unified vision of professional standards of behaviour within the creative industries.” Following the outcome of the consultation, CIISA will use the standards to benchmark how the creative industries are embedding safe and inclusive working environments against these expectations and will identify and produce industry-specific guidance based on them.
Plans for the broadcaster-backed CIISA were unveiled several years back by Time’s Up UK although the body is yet to open its anonymous reporting line as it seeks more funds.
