Background actors daily minimum for a background actor for each of the first five (5) days out of each seven (7) consecutive day period in which the employee is in isolation or self-quarantine. Such payments shall be subject to pension and health contributions, but shall not impact any calculation of residuals. If the employee performs work at the direction of the Producer while in isolation or self- quarantine, he/she shall instead be paid pursuant to his/her contract of employment for any day on which the employee performs such work.
Background actors. A. Covered Background Actors
(i) Increase the number of covered background actors on television programs in the zones covered by Schedule X, Part I from nineteen (19) with one stand-in excluded from the count to twenty (20) with one stand-in excluded from the count.
(ii) Increase the number of covered background actors on theatrical motion pictures in the zones covered by Schedule X, Part I from fifty (50) (including stand-ins) to:
(1) fifty-three (53) (including stand-ins) effective on June 10, 2009; and
(2) fifty-five (55) (including stand-ins) effective June 10, 2010.
(iii) Background actors covered by Schedule X, Part I shall be given ten (10) minutes of rest for each four (4) hour work period.
B. Background Actor Zones Redefine the Las Vegas Zone to cover the area within a fifteen (15) mile radius of the Clark County Courthouse.
Background actors. Modify paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 1(c) of Schedule X, Part I of the SAG Codified Basic Agreement to provide:
Background actors. (Union Proposal No. 5 and Producers’ Proposal No. 16.b.)
a. Schedule X-1 (Union Proposal No. 5.A.) – Effective [insert date that is 60 days after the AMPTP’s receipt of notice of ratification], Producers agree to modify Section 1(c) of Schedule X, Part I, to increase the number of background actors to which the terms of Schedule X, Part I apply, as follows: DRAFT ONLY
i. from twenty-two (22) (excluding swimmers, skaters and dancers, but including certain stand-ins) to twenty-five (25) (excluding swimmers, skaters, dancers and stand-ins) on television motion pictures.
ii. from fifty-seven (57) (excluding swimmers, skaters and dancers, but including all except one stand-in) to eighty-five (85) (excluding swimmers, skaters, dancers and stand-ins) on theatrical motion pictures. NOT FINAL
b. Stand-in as Rehearsal Actor (Union Proposal No. 5.E.) “A stand-in engaged on a one-half hour multi-camera series who is required by the Producer to rehearse and/or perform (whether on or off-book) in the role of a cast member with other cast members during any run-through (e.g., a Producer run-through or network run-through but not a table read) shall receive an adjustment of an additional
c. Photographic Doubling (Union Proposal No. 5.H.) “When a Producer requires a background actor to do photographic doubling and to memorize and deliver scripted dialogue on camera, the background actor shall be paid an adjustment of an additional one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for that day.”
d. Tolling of Late Penalties During Bona Fide Disputes Under Schedule X, Part II (Producers’ Proposal No. 16.b.) DRAFT ONLY “If there is a dispute over the amount due the background actor, and the Producer or its designated casting agency pays the undisputed amount on time, or if there is a bona fide dispute as to the Producer's liability therefor, there will be no late payment charge during the pendency of the dispute.”
