Turnaround, rest, and the rules that cost real money.
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The DGA's 2026 contract shortened the multi-cam Extended Workday Trigger from 15 to 13 hours and rewrote how a 1st AD's daily rest period ends. Neither shows up on a rate card.
The 2026 SAG-AFTRA contract added an 8pm call time notice deadline and a walkaway meal rule. Turnaround, weekly rest, and overtime didn't move at all.
The law caps a minor's hours. It does not tell you that the number changes by age band and by which school regime applies today. Here's the version a 1st AD actually needs.
A sixth consecutive day does not look different on the call sheet. It is a real premium for everyone on it, and it started with a schedule nobody checked for the run.
One missed hour of rest is a forced call, and a forced call is real money. Here is the SAG turnaround math, plain, before it shows up on a cost report.