UTA Reinstates Full Pay To Employees, Lays Off 50 Staffers

United Talent Agency said that it "would reinstate full pay to workers who had their incomes reduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic" and "cut about" 50 of its staffers, according to Anousha Sakoui of the L.A. TIMES. UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer in an email to staff said that the agency was among the "first in the industry to reinstate full pay for its employees," with salaries "set to be made whole by mid-September." Sakoui notes UTA in March "cut salaries of its staff." Now, UTA said that it is "exploring pay increases for hourly employees, including its assistants." Sakoui notes CAA also "implemented salary cuts," while Endeavor "announced one-third of its staff will have their positions eliminated." However, unlike those two firms, UTA has "reached an agreement with the WGA, as has ICM." The layoffs affected a "mix of staff across different divisions and those who had been furloughed this year," as well as "some current employees" (L.A. TIMES, 9/3).