BALLET WEST/AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS

employment in which case, ARTIST shall accrue the remainingsuch days equally throughout the contract year.i. Where permitted by law, in the event ARTIST receives timeloss benefits under the applicable workers’ compensation,disability, and/or unemployment compensation lawssimultaneously with the receipt of sick leave pay asprovided herein, the EMPLOYER will pay only thedifference between the benefits received and the ARTIST’sregular rate of pay unless and until the ARTIST’s sick leaveis exhausted.ii.iii.iv.After the third day, the EMPLOYER may demand acertificate of a doctor as to the illness of the ARTIST andan examination by a doctor designated and paid by theEMPLOYER as a condition precedent to sick-leave ordisability leave pay outlined in this Section.The EMPLOYER will not raise any provision of thisparagraph as a defense to or to reduce recovery for anyclaim ARTIST may have under any worker’s compensationlaw, unemployment insurance law, or for negligence. TheEMPLOYER shall truthfully reply to any governmentinquiries.ARTIST may accrue unused sick days from one contractyear of employment to the next, such accrual not to exceedtwenty (20) days.v. Up to seven (7) sick days may be used as personal days. Inall cases, ARTIST shall endeavor to give as much notice aspossible, but not less than seventy-two (72) hours prior tothe desired personal day. Personal days may be takenduring Performance Weeks only in cases of extraordinarycircumstance or emergency, subject to EMPLOYER’sapproval. Except for Performance Weeks, ARTISTs shallnot need to divulge the reason for the request.vi.Except in cases of emergency, on any day that ARTIST willbe unable to attend any rehearsal, due to illness, injury orother unforeseen circumstance, ARTIST shall informEMPLOYER of his/her absence as soon as possible, but inno event later than 10:45 a.m during Rehearsal Weeks.During Performance Weeks, ARTIST shall endeavor toinform EMPLOYER by 10:30am, but in no event later thanthirty (30) minutes prior to the commencement of CompanyClass or Warm-Up before a School Show.39