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

63. CAREER TRANSITION(a) Any Artist who has completed his/her eighth (8 th ) year of service or more with theEmployer, and has been notified that s/he will not be reengaged for the following season forartistic reasons or other reasons or has decided to retire from dancing as a career, will be paid anamount equal to the seniority pay s/he earned during the preceding season as a career transitionpayment except in the case of an Artist who has been non-reengaged for just cause. PBT agreesthat it will match any grants of up to a total amount of $10,000.00 that this Artist receives fromAGMA, Career Transition for Dancers, the PBT’s Dancer’s Trust Fund or any other Foundation(other than a family foundation associated with the Artist’s family) that provides a grant directlyto the Artist. Any Artist seeking a matching grant from PBT must provide PBT withdocumentation of his or her receipt of these grant funds in order to receive the matchingpayment. Grants that are provided directly to an institution or organization rather than to theArtist directly will not be matched. Grants must be received by the Artist and presented to PBTby no later than March 31 st of the year following the last year of employment with PBT as anArtist.(b) Payments made under this paragraph will be split equally over the remainingpayroll dates of the Company that occur between the end of the regular season and the end ofthat fiscal year. No career transition payments will be made to any Artist who is disabled, forany period that s/he is receiving disability pay under paragraph 42 above.64. MANAGEMENT’S RIGHTSIt is understood, however, that subject only to the express provisions of this Agreement,the Employer retains the full right to maintain, direct and control in its sole discretion each andevery aspect of operations of the Company including, but not limited to, establishing reasonablerules to govern the conduct of the Dancers. The Dancers shall be informed of the rules as theyare adopted. It is further recognized by AGMA that all artistic decisions remain exclusively withthe Employer and are not subject to the grievance arbitration procedures established by thisAgreement.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of thedate first above set forth.AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTSPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATREBy:Alan S. GordonNational Executive SecretaryBy:ChairmanPBT Board of TrusteesIN THE PRESENCE OF:IN THE PRESENCE OF:Date:Date:43