troondetector
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2019
More often than not, a contract (for a contracted worker) boils down to "we'll pay you X for Y amount of work". As such, as long as the person gets paid X, there's not a lot beyond that to say "we're done with the contract". I don't expect the contract specifies "as long as character A exists, voice actor B will voice it for X dollars", if it were that sort of thing then there wouldn't be any question about future iterations of the character, and yet, like the Simpsons/Maude example, characters do get new voices over simple pay disputes all the time. Anything more restrictive would be a double edged sword, because if the character for some reason exploded in popularity, the company can still hold the actor to a tiny wage because it wasn't a big deal at the start.
Funi has 1 year contracts for their VAs. They canceled the contract. They could have simply elected not to give him any work (depending on the contract) and let his contract run out, but they explicitly canceled it. If they didn't exercise a exit clause or did so under false pretense, they would be in breach afaik.
You can end at will employment without declaring cause, but usually for contracts you can't, though there very well could be incredibly vague exist options for Funi.