Transition Contract Rulebook 04-07 - Actors

(d) If the call exceeds 3 hours, each Actor who works more than 3 hours will receivedouble the overtime rate. This overtime will count against the number of overtimehours permitted in Rule 55(G) below.(E) Rehearsals After Second Week of Public Performance. Rehearsal hours shall be limitedto 5 hours per week. Rehearsals on one-performance days shall be no more than 5 hours,with no rehearsal permitted on two-performance days. There shall be no rehearsal or notesessions permitted on the day following the day off.(F) Breaks. Except as provided in Rule 55(B)(3) above, there shall be a recess of one andone-half hours after a period of not more than five consecutive hours of rehearsal. Inaddition, there shall be a break of five minutes in each hour of rehearsal for both musicaland dramatic productions. If a five minute break is not given by the end of the hour, a tenminute break must be provided by the end of one and one-half hours.(G) Overtime Limits. In no event may there be more than 6 hours of overtime in any onerehearsal week and no more than 3 hours of overtime in any one performance week withoutthe written consent of Actor’s Equity.(H) Overtime Rates. Should the Actor rehearse more than the hours stipulated in this Rule,the Producer shall pay overtime at the current Off-Broadway ‘A’ overtime rate per hour forany hour or part thereof for each instance of such overtime rehearsal.(I) Absences and Latenesses.(1) In the event the Actor is absent from or late for rehearsals without good and sufficientcause on more than two occasions during the production, the Actor’s salary will bereduced by the applicable portion of the Actor’s salary for the time missed. The dollaramount of the reduction shall be based on the Actor’s contractual salary (up to triple theapplicable minimum salary) and the total number of working hours contracted for theActor in the week. The reduction will be assessed in no less than quarter hourincrements.(2) Where lateness is at issue, the Producer may determine, based on the rehearsalrequirements of the day, whether the Actor shall be permitted to commence rehearsingimmediately, at the next quarter hour, or at the start of the next hour. If an Actor is morethan one hour late to the Actor’s rehearsal call, the Producer may determine whether theActor shall be dismissed for the entire call. In that event, the Actor’s salary will bereduced by the applicable portion of the Actor’s salary for the Actor’s entire rehearsal call.(3) In the event a Producer determines that an Actor’s salary should be reduced, theActor must receive written notification, with a copy to Equity, within two business days ofthe lateness or absence. The Actor may appeal the determination in writing to theProducer, with a copy to Equity, within two business days of receipt of Producer’s notice.If the matter cannot be satisfactorily resolved informally among the Actor, the Producer,and Equity, the matter will be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Rule4, ARBITRATION.44