Also please ensure that the Producer is signatory to the collective agreement. Both the IPA and the CBC agreements state that the producer must negotiate the terms and an additional payment with the original writer if they want another writer to work on your literary material after termination, or if you've delivered all your stages and they want a rewrite from another writer. The CBC agreements set a minimum of at least 15 per cent of the script fee for the pass-on right. You are free to negotiate more. The IPA offers no minimum at all so it is up to you to place a value on this right.
Independent producers consider it worthy of only a token amount, usually one or two dollars.
This is their idea of negotiation. Be aware this provision is there. Tell your agent to look for it and negotiate a pass-on amount as you would any other compensation. The CBC cannot have such a right granted in the original contract if they do not intend to pay you the fee that goes with it until a later time. The Guild strongly advises all writers to consider what they are giving away.