Moving on? Stay with Bectu

Whether you’re changing jobs, in-between contracts or getting ready to retire, you don’t have to resign your Bectu membership. You can stay a Bectu member if you are:

  • moving to a different employer to take up a new job
  • training for a change of career
  • temporarily unemployed in between contracts
  • facing redundancy and haven’t yet found a new position
  • going freelance
  • retiring

Tell us if your circumstances change

  • Call us on 020 7346 0900
  • Email us at [email protected]
  • Write to us at FREEPOST PROSPECT MEMBERSHIP.

If you move from unemployment to paid work, please let us know. We will need to amend your membership status to ensure you can receive employment-related advice.

A new employer?

If your new employer recognises another union, we advise you to join that union, because they will have negotiating rights on your behalf. But where this isn’t the case, you can simply retain your Bectu membership.

We can even give you advice on the terms of your employment contract; all designed to help you get a better deal from your new employer (this goes for members on individual contracts, too).

Going freelance?

Bectu organises, represents, and supports both employees and freelancers across media and entertainment. If you’re a freelancer in the media and entertainment sector, Bectu is most likely the union for you. If you’re becoming a freelancer, speak to us and we can move your membership to one of our freelance branches. 

Retiring? Let us know

You don’t have to be age 60 or over, you just need to be leaving employment, whether because of age, sickness or redundancy.

If you retire, you can join Bectu’s Pensioners Forum. Membership entitles you to:

  • A Stage, Screen & Radio subscription
  • Attendance to Bectu conference as an observer (subject to availability)
  • Access to the Prospect Benevolent Fund.

Get in touch via the details above to notify us that you’re retiring and find out more about pensioners forum membership.

Pensioners Forum membership disclaimer

Bectu members need to continue their membership within six months of retiring to be eligible for the benefits of Pensioners Forum membership.

Pensioners Forum members are not entitled to work-related benefits, such as advice on employment rights, personal injury or official inquiries arising from work undertaken whilst in Pensioners Forum membership, nor do they have access to the death benefit scheme.

You can find more Bectu resources about retirement here: Pensions and retirement | Bectu