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APPENDIX Q – CONT.REGULAR EMPLOYEE STATUS PROCEDUREWHEREAS, by virtue of Article A106 of the Quebec Appendix above,Quebec Producers’ Regular Employees are not covered by the IPA;WHEREAS the parties desire to establish a procedure to recognize RegularEmployee status for a writer;THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:1. When a Producer covered by the IPA wishes to hire a person as aRegular Employee who will write Script Material in the course of hisor her employment, and claims that this employee is not an artistwithin the meaning of the Act, the Producer shall respect thefollowing procedure:1.1 Within forty-five (45) business days of hiring the employee, orfor persons already employed by the Producer, sixty (60)business days following the day this agreement becomeseffective for the Producer, the Producer shall send to the Guilddocument(s) establishing that said person is one of its regularemployees;1.2 In order that the Guild may determine the individual’s RegularEmployee status, the documents provided pursuant to Article 1.1above shall contain information on the nature of the work to beperformed, the remuneration and the Producer’s degree ofcontrol over the employee.2. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the documents in Article 1.1, theGuild shall notify the Producer of its refusal to recognize the RegularEmployee status. If there is no notification of refusal, RegularEmployee status is thus recognized by the Guild. If the Producer isnotified of refusal by the Guild within the above timelines, the matterwill be referred to a Joint Standing Committee (or Arbitration, ifapplicable), which shall hear the case without delay.3. Before the Joint Standing Committee or Arbitration convenes to hearthe matter, or failing a majority decision of the Joint Standing222