Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call is a guarantee of employment for the number of hours of the minimum call indicated in the wage schedules. The parties hereby confirm the following: The guaranteed length of employment shall be daily or weekly. A guarantee for a longer term shall be specifically set forth in writing. An employee may be replaced following completion of the guaranteed period of employment.
(b) Employees shall hold themselves in readiness to serve the Producer during the period of the minimum call and such additional time as the Producer may require.
(c) Minimum calls for Daily Schedule employees are subject to the provisions of Paragraph 14.
(d) Minimum calls for Weekly Schedule employees are guaranteed for five (5) consecutive days out of seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the first of such five (5) days worked, including holidays, during the period of employment.
(e) A four (4) hour minimum call shall apply for any day on which an employee, at the request of an individual Producer, reports for safety training. A weekly “on call” employee who reports for safety training shall be paid one-tenth (1/10) of the weekly “on call” rate for each such day.
Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call is a guarantee of employment for the number of hours of the minimum call indicated in the wage schedules.
(b) Employees shall hold themselves in readiness to serve the Producer during the period of the minimum call and such additional time as the Producer may require.
(c) Minimum calls for Daily Schedule employees are subject to the provisions of Paragraph 14. (d) (1) Prior to February 13, 2022, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a four (4) hour minimum call shall apply for any day on which an employee, at the request of an individual Producer, reports for safety training. A weekly "on call" employee who reports for safety training shall be paid one-tenth of the weekly "on call" rate for each day.
Minimum Calls. The minimum daily work call shall be no less than eight (8) consecutive hours.
Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call is a guarantee of employment for the number of hours of the minimum call indicated in the wage schedules. The parties hereby confirm the following: The guaranteed length of employment shall be daily or weekly. A guarantee for a longer term shall be specifically set forth in writing. An employee may be replaced following completion of the guaranteed period of employment.
(b) Employees shall hold themselves in readiness to serve the Producer during the period of the minimum call and such additional time as the Producer may require.
(c) Minimum calls for Daily Schedule employees are subject to the provisions of Paragraph 14.
Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call is a guarantee of employment for the number of hours of the minimum call indicated in the wage schedules.
(b) Employees shall hold themselves in readiness to serve the Producer during the period of the minimum call and such additional time as the Producer may require.
(c) Minimum calls for Daily Schedule employees are subject to the provisions of Paragraph 13.
(d) Studio Minimum Call - Except as provided in Paragraph 7 and in the single-asterisked footnote to the wage schedules and in subparagraph (f) below, there shall be a minimum daily call of eight (8) hours with time and one-half (1½) after eight (8) hours on a given day and time and one-half (1½) after forty (40) hours in a given week.
(e) See Paragraphs 7, 8 and 35.
(f) A four (4) hour minimum call shall apply for any day on which an employee, at the request of an individual Producer, reports for safety training. A weekly “on call” employee who reports for safety training shall be paid one-tenth of the weekly “on call” rate for each such day.
Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call for a rehearsal, fitting, photo call or any combination thereof, shall be two (2) hours, except that the minimum call shall be one (1) hour for a separate rehearsal call scheduled within one (1) hour prior to a Dancer’s performance call.
(b) A fitting preceding or following a rehearsal and the rehearsal shall be treated as a single call. If a fitting outside the Metropolitan Opera House precedes or follows a rehearsal, time from or to the costumer, as the case may be, shall be counted as time worked; and the Met shall reimburse the Dancer for any expenses in connection with travel between the Opera House and the costumer.
(c) Credit for rehearsals, fittings or photo calls in excess of the minimum call shall be in segments of fifteen (15) minutes.
Minimum Calls. The minimum call on any day for Daily Engineers shall be eight (8) hours. However, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, there are three (3) exceptions to the eight (8) hour call rule.
(i) The minimum call for Daily Engineers assigned to lighting plot days, technical production meetings, remote surveys, and technical set-up days shall be four (4) hours, for which a Daily Engineer shall be paid one and one-half (1-½) times his/her regular straight time rate for each hour worked on any such call or extension thereof. If requested, an Engineer may elect to work a second consecutive four (4) hour call. Overtime after eight (8) hours of actual work shall be paid in one-quarter (¼) hour increments, with double time (2x) payable after twelve (12) elapsed hours since the Daily Engineer's in-time. The provisions of Section 8.05 shall not apply to a Daily Engineer assigned to a four (4) hour call, unless he/she works beyond the initial four (4) hour call.
(ii) The minimum call for Daily Engineers utilized on stage productions may be five (5) hours provided that such call will be utilized on the actual production day as well as preparation day(s). As such, the five (5) hour call shall apply only to productions that begin on or after January 1, 2012.
1. If the cal l described above goes beyond five (5) hours, the minimum call will revert to the eight (8) hour call rule.
2. All meal and rest periods continue to be in accordance with Sections 8.05 and 8.06 of the Agreement.
3. All other Sections of the Agreement are applicable.
(iii) The minimum call for Daily Engineers for training shall be a four (4) hour straight- time call. The intent of this provision is to allow for additional training opportunities. Due to new complexities in systems and tools, a four (4) hour call is better suited to learning and disseminating new information. As such, a training call will not be preceded by or in addition to an eight (8) hour or five (5) hour work call. This provision will in no way prohibit the Company from providing training during regular work shifts.
(iv) The Company will give reasonable consideration to Employee(s) requests for specific training in order to further enhance their skill set and employment opportunities.
Minimum Calls. A Guild Member shall be guaranteed no less than the Guild minimum daily or pro-rated weekly contracted compensation for any minimum Calls.
Minimum Calls. (a) The minimum call is a guarantee of employment for the number of hours of the minimum call indicated in the wage schedules. The parties hereby confirm the following: The guaranteed length of employment shall be daily or weekly. A guarantee for a longer term shall be specifically set forth in writing. An employee may be replaced following completion of the guaranteed period of employment.
(b) Employees shall hold themselves in readiness to serve the Producer during the period of the minimum call and such additional time as the Producer may require.
(c) Minimum calls for Daily Schedule employees are subject to the provisions of Paragraph 14.
(d) Minimum calls for Weekly Schedule employees are guaranteed for five (5) consecutive days out of seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the first of such five (5) days worked, including holidays, during the period of employment.
(1) Prior to November 21, 2021, a four (4) hour minimum call shall apply for any day on which an employee, at the request of an individual Producer, reports for safety training. A weekly “on call” employee who reports for safety training shall be paid one – tenth (1/10) of the weekly “on call” rate for each such day.
(2) Effective November 21, 2021, a four (4) hour minimum call shall apply for any day on which an employee, does not work and reports for training at the request of an individual Producer, reports for safety training. A weekly “on call” employee shall be paid one-tenth (1/10) of the weekly “on call” rate for each such day. The foregoing does not apply to a day that is within the weekly guarantee of a weekly employee or a weekly "on-call" employee.
Minimum Calls. The minimum call for those covered by this agreement shall be four (4) hours. (See Article 4)
