Cabaret Rulebook 07-11 - Actors

(4) Such Unpaid Absence may not be used by Actor to accept other work or to attend an
audition.
(5) Producer may require Actor to explain the compelling circumstance or emergency.
(6) Any Unpaid Absence for a non-compelling circumstance may be granted at the
Producer's sole discretion.
(G) Bereavement Leave. Actors shall be entitled to take up to three days of paid leave in each
employment year to attend the funeral(s) of a member of the Actor's immediate family (including,
but not limited to, in-laws, domestic partners and spousal equivalents).
32. INJURY & SUPPLEMENTAL WORKER’S COMPENSATION
(A) Worker's Compensation. The Producer must obtain and maintain Worker's Compensation
insurance coverage for all Actors under the Producer's employ in accordance with the
requirements of law. Failure to obtain Worker's Compensation shall make the Producer
individually liable. This obligation shall survive the termination of the Actor's individual contract of
employment.
(B) Supplemental Worker’s Compensation. The Producer shall provide Supplemental Worker’s
Compensation supplementing Worker's Compensation Disability benefits through a group policy
administered by the Equity-League Health Trust Fund at a cost not to exceed $2.00 per Actor per
week. Supplemental Worker’s Compensation is payable in addition to Worker's Compensation for
an injury received in the course of employment. A schedule of benefits may be obtained at the
Equity Office.
(C)"Extraordinary Risks" are defined as, but not limited to performing acrobatic feats; suspension
from trapezes or wires or like contrivances; the use of or exposure to weapons, fire, or
pyrotechnic devices; or the taking of dangerous leaps, falls, throws, catches, knee drops, or
slides. Such definition shall also include set construction which is inherently dangerous. An Actor
shall also be deemed to be engaging in Extraordinary Risks if the staging or choreography
requires the performer to execute movements which depart from the accepted techniques of
movement and support as used in contemporary theatre dance, i.e., classical ballet, modern,
modern jazz, ethnic, tap and soft shoe.
(D) Extraordinary Risk Payments. An Actor called upon to perform "extraordinary risk" shall
receive not less than $12.50 per week above contractual salary, such payments to begin at the
time of such assignment. Equity shall have the sole right to determine what constitutes
"Extraordinary Risk" as defined herein, and may in its discretion order that such Risk be removed
from the production. Equity's decision shall in no way reduce the Actor's right to proper insurance
coverage under the provisions of this Rule. The Actor must agree by means of a contract rider if
the Actor agrees to perform "extraordinary risk".
33. INTIMIDATION
(A) An Actor shall not be compelled to participate in encounter groups, sensitivity sessions, or
classes which Actor deems dangerous to Actors' mental health or an infringement upon Actor's
mental or physical privacy.
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