SAG Settles Dispute With Former National Executive Director

SAG’s national board has agreed to resolve a contract dispute with former CEO and national executive director Greg Hessinger over the union’s refusal to pay severance after firing him last fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The board, which had been exploring a legal strategy that sought to relieve SAG of honoring the contract, authorized the settlement at a meeting Saturday. The board reportedly agreed to pay some but not all of the $1.6 million that was owed on the remaining 3 ½ years of Hessinger’s four-year contract. Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that the amount was about $500,000.

SAG spokesman Seth Oscar said the union would have a formal statement when the deal was finalized.

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