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

the Employer will reimburse the employee for the cost of the COBRA coverage in an amount upto the cost of the interim plan.(c)Employer Contribution(1) The Employer hereby agrees to provide such coverage for each Artistemployed on a yearly guaranteed contract. The Employer will not provide such coverage forArtists whose actual yearly employment by the Employer, starting with June 1 st of any year, isless than four (4) weeks.(2) The Employer agrees to provide such coverage for each Artist on aweekly performance contract who is employed for six (6) weeks or more during a season.(3) The Employer shall provide twelve (12) months of such coverage for eachArtist who is engaged for twenty (20) weeks or more in each June through May employmentyear. Artists leaving the Company’s employ at the end of their contract and who will not bereturning to the Company shall be covered only until the end of the month in which they lastwork.(d)Family CoverageThe Employer agrees that it will deduct and remit the cost of Family Coverage from thecompensation of any Artist described in subparagraphs (c)(l) and (2) above, who chooses toselect such additional dependent coverage.42. SICK LEAVE(a) Sick Days. An Artist who has at least one (1) year of seniority, as established insubparagraph l5(b) of this Agreement, shall be entitled to take up to twenty-one (21) paid sickdays per fiscal year (July 1 st - June 30 th ). Paid sick days are available when the Artist is disabledby a non-work-related injury or illness, and shall be paid at one-seventh ( 1 / th 7 ) of his/her weeklysalary. Any additional time off due to a non-work-related illness or disability shall be unpaid,except as provided hereinafter.An Artist who has less than one (1) year of seniority but twenty (20) weeks or more ofemployment, shall be entitled to take up to fourteen (14) paid sick days per fiscal year (July 1 st -June 30 th ). An Artist who has less than twenty (20) weeks of employment shall be entitled totake up to seven (7) paid sick days per fiscal year (July 1 st - June 30 th ).Up to three (3) paid sick days per fiscal year may be used as personal days. Personaldays may not be taken within two (2) weeks of the commencement of a production week. AnyArtist wishing to use one (1) personal day shall give one (1) week notice, and two (2) weeksnotice shall be given if more than one day will be used consecutively. Emergency requests withless than the amount of notice required will not be unreasonably denied.(b)Short- Term Disability35