Transition Contract Rulebook 04-07 - Actors

(3) Signing of. Unless contracts are signed concurrently, they must be signed by theProducer first. If the contract is not signed concurrently, the Producer may notify theActor or the Actor’s designated representative, by personal delivery or Certified Mail, that,unless the contract is signed and returned to the Producer within a specified time periodwhich shall be not less than 48 hours after receipt of the notice by the Actor, or the Actor’sdesignated representative, the contract is null and void.(B) Changes and Alterations.(1) The Actor and/or Producer have no right or power to waive any of the minimumconditions set forth in the employment contract or Equity Rules without the writtenconsent of Equity. Unless any and all riders, changes, alterations, waivers, orsubstitutions made prior to, when or after a contract of employment is made shall havebeen consented to by Equity in writing, such riders, changes, alterations, waivers, orsubstitutions, or any part thereof, are void at the option of the Actor, Equity consenting. Itshall be the duty of the Producer, not the Actor, to submit proposed changes to Equity forits written approval by a duly authorized representative.(2) If Equity fails to notify the Producer of its disapproval of said riders, changes,alterations, waivers or substitutions within seven business days after receipt thereof byEquity, they shall be deemed approved. At the option of Equity, no such riders, changes,alterations, waivers, or substitutions shall be admitted in evidence in any arbitration or byany tribunal for the disposition of any claim without the written consent of Equity.(3) The Producer agrees that all blanks, including the date of the first paid publicperformance, name of part, and salary will be filled in, in writing, before signing ordelivery.(C) Contracts Covering Employment in Outside Fields. Before any person holding a blanketemployment contract covering several employment fields may work in any Equityjurisdiction, the Producer must secure and file with Equity a duly executed contract on astandard Equity form with such person, covering only employment within Equity’sjurisdiction, which said contract shall be paramount to any then existing arrangementbetween said person and the Producer, and must be satisfactory to Equity, and shallexclusively govern the employment relationship of said person to said Producer while saidperson is working in any field over which Equity has jurisdiction. No Actor shall be requiredto work with any such person not holding such contract so procured and filed.(D) Executed Agreement. Within one week after entering into any employment contract (andwhere the Actor is employed after rehearsals have begun, within three days after the Actorhas begun to rehearse) the Producer shall file with Equity a signed copy thereof. Failure todo so shall constitute a breach of contract by the Producer, and the Actor may, at any time,Equity consenting, terminate the contract without notice, and the Producer agrees to pay theActor as damages for breach a sum or sums to be computed as in the case of breach ofRule 9, BREACHES BY PRODUCER.18