BALLET WEST/AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS

SECTION IV. EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONSA. EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS1. Guaranteed Employmenta. The EMPLOYER guarantees to employ not less than thirty-five(35) COMPANY ARTISTs in year one of the Agreement; thirtysix(36) COMPANY ARTISTs in year two of the Agreement; andthirty-six (36) COMPANY ARTISTs in year three of theAgreement, including Apprentices. Such guaranteedemployment period shall consist of a twelve (12) month periodas designated by the EMPLOYER and uniformly reflected ineach Individual Artist Contract. Guaranteed Employment meansemployment of the COMPANY ARTIST by the EMPLOYERwhereby the EMPLOYER guarantees the COMPANY ARTISTnot less than thirty-five (35) weeks in year one of the Agreement;thirty-six (36) weeks in year two of the Agreement; and thirtyseven(37) weeks in year three of the Agreement. If theEMPLOYER’s Individual Artists’ Contracts establish a largernumber of guaranteed weeks for year two or year three of theAgreement, the larger number shall be the guaranteed number ofminimum weeks for purposes of this provision.08-09 09-10 10-11Weeks 35 36 37Dancers 35 36 36b. No weeks of employment from one guaranteed employmentperiod shall be credited or offset to comply with the guaranteerequirement in another guaranteed employment period.2. Guaranteed Employeesa. COMPANY ARTISTs shall be engaged on a guaranteedemployment basis. If EMPLOYER has engaged COMPANYARTISTs on a guaranteed employment basis for the requirednumber of weeks as set forth in this Agreement, EMPLOYERmay also engage additional ARTISTs (e.g., SUPPLEMENTALARTISTs and GUEST ARTISTs).b. APPRENTICE ARTISTs shall be engaged on a guaranteedemployment basis and the following conditions shall apply:i. There shall be no more than four (4) APPRENTICEARTISTs per contract year.24