AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS Sample Clauses

AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS a) With respect to services performed under this Agreement (which shall include all fees and compensation for Covered Work), the Company shall pay to the AFTRA Health and Retirement Funds (the “AFTRA Funds”) a sum equal to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the gross compensation due each performer for such services (which does not include a talent agent’s commission’s paid directly to the talent agent), without any deductions whatsoever, whether pursuant to oral or written contracts. Subject to applicable law, if a dancer on whose behalf contributions have been made to the AFTRA Funds during five (5) of the prior ten (10) years is employed to work on a music video as an assistant choreographer, but not as a dancer, the Company will contribute to the AFTRA Funds on such dancer's behalf on the basis of the highest compensation received by any dancer on the music video. Such employment shall not be subject to other provisions of this Agreement. If a dancer who has qualified for health coverage under the AFTRA Funds for five (5) years is employed to work on a music video as a choreographer, but not as a dancer, the Company will contribute to the AFTRA Funds on such dancer’s behalf on the basis of the highest compensation received by any dancer on the music video. This paragraph shall not require the application of any other provision of this Agreement to choreographers. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to performers other than Dancers, Assistant Choreographers, and Choreographers, health and retirement contributions shall not be paid on gross total compensation in excess of $3000 per day for any performer. b) Along with the payments required pursuant to this paragraph, the Company agrees to submit to the AFTRA Funds a completed Schedule A form as attached hereto and as described in paragraph 7, below, for each AFTRA-covered performer. Payment, together with the Schedule A, shall be made to the AFTRA Funds not later than three (3) weeks following the later of the date of: 1) the event triggering the payment obligation (i.e., the performance); or 2) the receipt by the Company of the relevant Schedule A form. c) If payments and/or reports are not received by the AFTRA Funds within thirty (30) days after they become due, the Company shall pay interest on the delinquent payments at the rate specified by the AFTRA Funds' Trust Agreement, as same may be amended from time to time, and further shall pay liquidated damages to the AFTRA Funds of up to twelve ...
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AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS. A. With respect to services performed under this Agreement (including all services such as rehearsal performed in connection therewith but not including Liquidated Damages imposed on Employer), the Employer shall pay to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Health and Retirement Funds (the “H&R Funds”) a sum equal to Fifteen Percent (15.5%) of the gross compensation due each Performer for such services without any deductions whatsoever, whether pursuant to oral or written contracts, including talent agent’s commission, if any. No Producer shall be obligated to make H&R contributions on behalf of any individual performer on gross compensation in excess of $125,000 for covered services paid by that Producer per game franchise in a calendar year. The aforesaid sum shall be used solely: (a) For the purpose of providing pension benefits for eligible Performers under this Agreement; (b) For the purpose of providing welfare benefits for eligible Performers under this Agreement, and at the discretion of the Trustees, for their families; and (c) For the incidental expenses connected with the establishment and administration of the AFTRA H&R Funds. The aforesaid sum may also be used to provide occupational disability benefits to Performers who suffer disability arising out of or in the course of employment in rendering services within the jurisdiction of AFTRA. The Trustees of the AFTRA H&R Funds are directed to continue such benefits to Performers, whether or not eligible for other benefits of the AFTRA H&R Funds, so long as the Trustees determine in their discretion that such benefits can be provided to such Performers without impairing the financial capacity of the AFTRA H&R Funds to continue or expand the existing plan of benefits. B. The parties agree that the AFTRA H&R Funds shall be Trust Funds and shall be administered under the AFTRA Pension and Welfare Funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated November 16, 1954, as Amended. C. Employer and AFTRA hereby ratify and confirm the action of the Trustees of the AFTRA H&R Funds in amending the existing Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated November 16, 1954, to provide coverage for the benefit of AFTRA employees and employees of the AFTRA H&R Funds upon terms and conditions established by the Trustees. The Trustees of the Plans shall be authorized to allocate contributions made hereunder between the Health Fund and the Retirement Fund in amounts (expressed in dollars or percentages) tha...
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AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS. Effective April 1, 2009, contributions to the AFTRA Health and Retirement Funds (“the Funds”) shall increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) and contributions to the AFTRA Industry Cooperative Fund (“AICF”) shall increase two-tenths of one percent (.2%) for a total contribution of 15.5%. Effective January 1, 2012, no Producer shall be obligated to make Health & Retirement contributions on behalf of any individual performer on gross compensation in excess of $1,000,000 for covered services in a contract year where all such compensation has been paid on the basis of a single contract with a single Producer.
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AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS. The JPC and AFTRA agree that Health and Retirement contributions continue to be payable on behalf of deceased performers. Except as modified herein, all terms and conditions of the 2003 AFTRA Radio Recorded Commercials Contract as amended by the 2006 Extension shall remain unchanged. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS BY: _ DATE: _ XXX-AAAA JOINT POLICY COMMITTEE ON BROADCAST TALENT UNION RELATIONS BY: _ DATE: _ This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between (“Company”) , on the one hand, and _ (the “Auditors”) and the AFTRA Health and Retirement Funds (“the Funds”) on the other hand, with respect to the Auditors’ payroll compliance review of Company’s books and records on behalf of the Funds (“Audit”) for the period . As a condition of Company making its books and records available to the Auditors for the purposes of the Audit, the Auditors and the Funds hereby agree to treat confidentially and limit access to all information contained therein and otherwise furnished by Company in connection with the Audit. The Auditors and the Funds further agree to treat confidentially and limit access, as described below, to any and all documents, records, analyses, compilations, studies, reports, and other materials prepared by the Auditors in whole or in part from the information furnished by Company in connection with the Audit or which contain, mention, or reflect any such information. The Auditors and the Funds agree that such information and materials shall not be disclosed to any party except: (i) to the Auditors and the Funds, and AFTRA, their respective directors, officers, agents, employees and attorneys in their capacities such as, on a need-to-know basis only, solely in connection with the Audit, provided that the foregoing parties shall be bound by the provisions hereof; (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with law or legal process, in which event Company shall receive sufficient advance written notice of such proposed disclosure so as to object and/or request that the information or materials receive confidential treatment, and the Auditors and the Funds shall use reasonable efforts to ensure confidential treatment of the information or materials subject to disclosure; and (iii) in any action by the Funds arising out of the Audit, provided Company is given advance notice by the Funds of their intent to offer such information or materials in such action and the opportunity to object and/or request that t...
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AFTRA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS. A. With respect to services performed under this Agreement and with respect to commercials produced under this Agreement and broadcast on and after April 1, 2013, the Producer shall pay to the AFTRA Health and Retirement Funds (the “H&R Funds”) and the AFTRA Industry Cooperative Fund (the “AFTRA ICF”) (collectively the “Funds”), and to any successor of any of the Funds, a sum equal to 16.8% of the gross compensation (as herein defined) paid to each Performer (including deceased performers) for such services and/or the use of such commercials. The parties hereby agree that:
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