pittsburgh ballet theatre, inc. - American Guild of Musical Artists

e continuous, and each Artist shall be compensated therefore at his/her performance-weeksalary, and that it shall not layoff an Artist in any place other than the City of Origination. Nolayoff shall occur on less than four (4) weeks’ prior written notice to each Artist, unless suchlayoff is caused by unforeseen circumstances.(c) When the artist returns to employment following a layoff period, the Employeragrees that the rehearsal schedule will be posted by noon two (2) working days before thebeginning of rehearsal.(d) When any Artist returns from a layoff from the Employer of three (3) weeks ormore duration, he/she will not be required to participate in a fully produced performance prior tothe Friday of the third week of his/her return.(e) Class shall be made available to Company members two (2) weeks prior to thefirst scheduled rehearsal week following the layoff.21. NONCITIZENS(a) The following provision shall apply to noncitizens of the United States who havebeen in this country less than five (5) years, or who have made application for United Statescitizenship; the Employer agrees that where the Employer enters into a contract with an Artistwho is not a citizen of the United States and who has so warranted in his individual contact, thenthe Employer may exercise his right to suspend payment to the Artist of the Artist’scompensation on a pro rata basis for each performance which the Artist is unable to fulfill, andrehearsals related thereto, due to the sole fact that the Artist is unable to leave the United Statesand perform in a foreign country because of his lack of citizenship. Where the Employer soexercises his/her right to suspend payment, then the Employer shall pay per diem to the Artist foreach day payment is suspended.(b) At the time of any offer of employment to noncitizens who do not have a GreenCard, Employer agrees to explain to said Artist of the possibility of being “out-of-status” duringlayoffs and ineligibility for unemployment benefits.22. REHEARSALS DURING PERFORMANCE WEEKS(a) The Artist may be called upon to rehearse during each performance week withoutthe payment of additional compensation provided that:(1) Benedum Center Performance Weeks.In a week in which a performance is scheduled at the Benedum Center or ByhamTheater, an Artist shall not be required to rehearse on two (2) performance days, nor shall anArtist be required to rehearse in excess of two (2) hours on one (1) performance days (may be upto three (3) hours for an on-stage rehearsal only) and four (4) hours on all nonperformance days;except that on one (1) nonperformance day, five (5) hours of rehearsal may be required. Therehearsal on the day before the performance day can be used only to rehearse the repertoire to beperformed within the next seven (7) days thereafter. Notwithstanding the provision insubparagraph 22(b), during each production per season on one (1) day of each week of the16