Freelance rates guide

Calderdale NUJ's own Andrew Bibby has released the latest edition of his Freelance Ready Reckoner. This is an essential tool for any freelancer, as it breaks down typical staff salaries into equivalent daily rates, and provides recommended freelance daily rates that take your overheads into account.

As Andrew explains:
Many freelances fail to adequately appreciate when pricing their work that they are responsible for a range of costs which, were they working as an employee, would be covered by their employer. These include office equipment costs, premises costs, sick pay, pensions, holiday pay, insurance and various other costs. When pricing their services, it is useful for freelances to take into account what the comparable cost would be for employers if they used their own employees instead.

To download the Ready Reckoner as a handy PDF (56kb), click here.

August meeting

Joint branch secretary Maggie Woods writes:

Just a reminder that the next meeting of the Calderdale branch of the NUJ will be at the White Lion pub in Hebden Bridge on Thursday August 23 at 7.30pm.

This will be an informal meeting, a chance to meet up over a beer or two and an opportunity to discuss plans for the autumn meetings. Hope you will be able to make it.

A date for your diaries - Chris Morley, the new NUJ Northern Organiser based in Manchester, will be our guest on September 13th at 7.30pm, again at the White Lion. It would be great to have a good attendance for this one.

For any information on branch activities please don't hesitate to get in touch.