Western Civic Light Opera (WCLO) Agreement 03-06 - Actors

Rule 47. SAFE AND SANITARY PLACES OF EMPLOYMENTRule 48. SALARIES(1) Equity and the Producer shall jointly work together (with such experts as arenecessary) to identify and eliminate hazardous, toxic, or unsafe materials andprocedures from the working environment.(2) Smoke and Haze Effects. The Producer agrees to use only dry ice, liquidnitrogen, or substances listed in and in accordance with the specified limits setforth in EQUIPMENT BASED GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THEATRICALSMOKE AND HAZE prepared by ENVIRON international Corporation.(3) The Producer shall post such notices as are required by the regulations ofthe Occupational Safety and Health Administration.(R) Parking. Producer shall provide parking for the Actors under the sameconditions as are generally and customarily offered to the majority of the Producer’sstaff.(S) Inspection and Compliance. The Producer agrees that Equity's representativeshall have the right to inspect the theatre to determine its compliance with the Safeand Sanitary requirements set forth in the foregoing rules. Any deficiencies shall bereported in writing to Equity and the representative shall furnish the Producer with acopy of such report. Upon receipt of such report, Equity may notify the Producer, inwriting, to correct the deficiencies. Unless the Producer either corrects thedeficiencies noted or gives Equity assurances satisfactory to it that suchdeficiencies will be promptly corrected, Equity or its Executives may certify theTheatre as unauthorized for rehearsal, for performances, or both, as Equity or itsExecutives may determine. Upon such certification and until correction of thedeficiencies or the giving of assurances satisfactory to Equity that they will becorrected within a reasonable time, Equity may require Actors to refrain fromauditioning, rehearsing and/or performing in the theatre.48. SALARIES.(A) Rehearsal Salary. Rehearsal salary is the minimum performance salary unlessa higher salary is specifically negotiated. Performance salary begins with first paidpublic performance and shall be continuous thereafter. When it is necessary topro-rate salaries during the week of the first paid public performance due to aperformance schedule with less than eight performances and when only a daylightday of rest is given, the following will apply: The Actor earns 1/7 of his rehearsalsalary for each day of rehearsal and 1/8 of his performance salary for eachperformance. The total of these payments may be no less than the requiredminimum salary under this contract.(B) Performance Salary Minimums.Effective Date 9/1/2003 9/6/2004 9/5/2005Actors $825.00 $850.00 $875.0047