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

(c) The same rights granted to AGMA in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above shall alsobe granted in those instances where work is being performed at some place other than theEmployer’s premises, so long as the Employer has sufficient control over the premises to admitthe AGMA representative.6. INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT(a) No Artist may take part in any performances or rehearsals or do any work inpreparation for a production without first signing an individual Artist’s contract. All contractsand agreements made by the Employer with the Artists under this Agreement shall conform inevery respect to the provisions of this Agreement and shall be executed only on the AGMAStandard Artist’s Contract for employment (hereinafter described) in quadruplicate, one copy forthe Artist, one for the Employer, one for AGMA and one for the AGMA Pension and HealthFund. AGMA’s copy shall be kept confidential by AGMA and available only (a) to theExecutive Secretary or other officer having an equivalent position, or (b) when a dispute arisesunder the Contract, and then only to the extent required.(b) Schedule “A”, attached hereto, is the Standard Artist’s Agreement approved byAGMA and to be entered into by the Employer with each Artist, subject to such additions theretoand modifications hereof as may be agreeable to the Artist and to AGMA but in no eventinconsistent with this Agreement and less favorable to such Artist. A schedule of rules andregulations, as approved by AGMA, may be attached to the individual contract.(c) Artists shall be employed on a weekly basis, on a performance basis or onguaranteed-employment basis on the terms and at not less than the minimum compensationhereinafter set forth.(d) When Artists are engaged on a weekly or guaranteed-employment basis, theStandard Artist’s Agreement may contain an option whereby the Employer may engage theArtist to render his services for a further specified period of consecutive employment. Thisoption may be exercised by the Employer only by delivering a notice in writing to the Artist andto AGMA at least one (1) month prior to the completion of the initial employment set forth inthe Standard Artist's Agreement.(e) All Artists who have been engaged for a minimum of twenty (20) weeks in thecurrent season shall receive notification of re-engagement or termination of employment for thefollowing season during the last week of January of the current season, and shall be required torespond thereto on or before March 8 th of the current season. The Employer shall issueindividual employment contracts to the Artists who have been re-engaged by no later than March10 th , and the Artists shall be required to return these signed contracts by no later than March 31 st .The Employer will make its best efforts to be available for Artist/Employer discussionsregarding compensation and rank during the first week after contracts have been offered toArtists or the next employment week in the event said week is a lay-off week. Artists who havebeen engaged for less than twenty (20) weeks in the current season shall receive suchnotification at least two (2) weeks prior to termination of their current individual contract, with atwo (2) week period to respond to the Employer.3