MSUA Rulebook 11-14 - Actors

occurrence. Overtime shall be paid as herein provided and cannot be included as partof any Actor's contractual salary.44. PENSION FUND.(A) Equity-League Pension Fund. The Producer acknowledges that the collectivebargaining agreement effective June 1, 1960, between Equity and the League ofNew York Theatres provides for the establishment of the jointly administered Equity-League Pension Fund, and the Producer agrees hereby to become a participant insaid Pension Fund. The Producer agrees to execute all necessary documents,including the Agreement and Declaration of Trust establishing said Pension Fundnow or hereafter adopted, or which may from time to time be adopted by thoseadministering said Fund. The Producer agrees to make contributions to saidPension Fund for each and every week of the Actor's employment. Contributionshall be 8% and shall be made on the first $2,500.00 of the Actor’s weekly salaryunder his individual contract of employment.(B) Equity-League 401(k) Plan. The Actor shall have the option to contribute to theEquity-League 401(k) Plan.45. PERFORMANCES.(A) A maximum of eight performances shall constitute a week's work, which may begiven during a period of not more than six out of seven consecutive days. A workweek consisting of seven evening performances without additional compensationshall be allowed in outdoor theatres where such a performance schedule isconsidered customary.(B) The length of the performance shall be deemed to be three hours from theadvertised curtain time, unless the actual time elapsing between the advertisedcurtain and the end of the performance is in excess of three hours, in which eventsaid actual time shall be the length of the performance. The above shall not apply tothe first public performance. No scheduled intermission shall exceed 30 minutes.Overtime compensation shall be paid weekly on a cumulative basis for allperformance time in excess of three hours, as herein defined. [See Rule 43,OVERTIME.] In no event, however, shall overtime be paid on the first performanceof any production.(C) All performances or rehearsals for which admission is charged (except bona fidebenefits endorsed by the Theatre Authority or Equity) are to be counted andconsidered as performances for which the Actor is to be paid.(1) No more than two performances may be given or begun on any one day,even though the total number of performances given during the week is eight orfewer.(2) Any performance begun prior to 1:00 PM shall be counted as an extraperformance within the meaning of this paragraph and shall be paid for at therate of 2/8 of the Actor's weekly salary, except in the case of children'sproductions, which may begin prior to 1:00 PM without additional compensationprovided it is stipulated in the Actor's contract at the time of signing and, further,provided all required rest periods are observed.49