Principal Performers Clause Samples
The Principal Performers clause defines which individuals or entities are recognized as the main contributors or performers under an agreement. Typically, this clause lists the specific people or groups whose participation is essential to the project, such as lead actors in a film or key musicians in a recording. By clearly identifying these principal performers, the clause ensures that both parties understand who is contractually obligated to fulfill primary roles, thereby preventing disputes over performance obligations and clarifying expectations.
Principal Performers. 1. The terms and conditions of this Contract apply to commercials produced by Producer in the United States, which includes its commonwealths, territories, and possessions, and to commercials for which Producer engages principal performers within such territorial areas wherever such commercials are made.
2. The showing of commercials anywhere within the United States, its commonwealths, territories, and possessions, Canada and Mexico, shall be included in determining use fees.
3. The parties to this Contract agree that every effort will be made to encourage advertisers to produce commercials as defined in Section 4 within the geographic scope of this Contract. As part of this objective, Producers agree that they will not produce commercials outside the geographic scope of this Contract engaging entirely non-union principal performers primarily for reasons of economy or economic advantages in the engagement of principal performers. On request, Producer will supply the Union with complete records and reports of commercials which were made outside the geographic scope of this Contract. In the event such material discloses production outside the geographic scope of this Contract in violation of the intent and spirit of Section 5.A.3., the Union may require advance notice of all future production outside of the geographic scope of this Contract.
Principal Performers. The Union is recognized by Producer as the exclusive bargaining agent for all principal performers (including actors, narrators, announcers, singers, specialty dancers, specialty acts, puppeteers, stunt performers, and pilots) as described in Section 6, Persons Covered, employed by Producer for commercials, as the term “commercials” is defined in Section 4, within the scope of this Contract as provided in subsection A of Section 5, Scope of Contract. Compensation to principal performers in commercials is based both on the services which the principal performer renders in the production of such commercials and on the use which is made of the finished commercial in which the principal performer has rendered services. This dual basis of compensation springs from the unique nature of the services rendered by principal performers in commercials. The Union contended that a principal performer rendering services in a commercial performs, to a great extent, the duties of a demonstrator or salesperson of a particular product or service and as such, tends to be identified with that particular product or service. The Union also contended that this identification increases proportionately with the continued utilization of a commercial. The Union further contended that advertisers and their agencies seldom approve the employment of a principal performer who has become identified with another product or service, especially if the product or service is competitive. These conditions and practices tend to reduce opportunities for further employment in this field. The Producer, realizing the singular nature of this kind of service and that the reuse of a commercial may limit or curtail further employment opportunities for the principal performers appearing in the commercial, has agreed to this unique method of compensation.
Principal Performers. 1. A Producer will not either engage in the production of a commercial or any part thereof (including film footage or sound track) as to which one or more principal performers is employed by a person not signatory to this Contract or a Letter of Adherence hereto (a “nonsignatory”) or acquire a commercial or any such part thereof as to which one or more principal performers was employed by a nonsignatory, unless, in each case, Producer determines, after reasonable investigation, that such principal performers have been and will be either (1) afforded the wages, hours, working conditions, and other economic benefits provided in this Contract or (2) afforded wages, hours, working conditions, and other economic benefits having a substantially equivalent economic cost to such nonsignatory. In the event the commercial is a non-air commercial, Producer shall, upon written request from the Union, report to the Union the name of such nonsignatory, the number of commercials, copy tests and client demos to be recorded and other pertinent data to enable the Union to administer this Contract.
2. If Producer obtains an agreement substantially in the form below from such nonsignatory, Producer shall be deemed to have observed the provisions of subsection A of this Section 24. “It is hereby agreed by (name of nonsignatory employer) that all principal performers as defined in the SAG-AFTRA 2013 Commercials Contract shall be afforded either (1) the wages, hours, working conditions, and other economic benefits provided in said Contract, or (2) wages, hours, working conditions, and other economic benefits having a substantially equivalent economic cost to .” (name of nonsignatory employer)
3. In addition to any other remedies at law or under this Contract, the Union reserves the right to terminate the Letter of Adherence of any Producer who fails to observe the provisions of subsection A of this Section 24, unless such failure is isolated or inadvertent.
4. The parties to this Contract acknowledge and agree that the purpose and intent of this Section 24 is to ensure that no Producer will be economically motivated to have a commercial or any such part thereof produced by, or to acquire a commercial or any such part thereof from, a nonsignatory which incurs economic costs with respect to the employment of principal performers on such commercial or part thereof which are not substantially equivalent to the economic costs which would have been incurred by the Producer had it empl...
Principal Performers. SCHEDULE A — WORKING CONDITIONS hereto attached shall be deemed incorporated herein and made a part hereof as to all principal performers covered hereby. (Commencing on Page 79.)
Principal Performers. The wardrobe cleaning allowance for principal performers is increased to $54.00 for formal wear and $24.00 for all other wardrobe. (modifying the amounts specified in CBA, Schedule A, Section 11.D.; Schedule B, Section 16.D.; Schedule C, Section 16.D.; Section TVA, Section 30(e))
Principal Performers. The Union waives the application of this Contract to actual employees of the advertiser who are regularly employed and who are not professional entertainers who engage in entertainment or motion picture work regularly when they are photographed at their usual place of business in the course of their usual employment. When there are unique circumstances that exist at an advertiser’s place of business that make it unusually difficult, disruptive, or unsafe to photograph the advertiser’s employees in the course of their usual employment during non-business hours and during business hours, the application of this Contract shall be waived as to photography of such employees at locations away from their usual place of business, provided those locations are designed to replicate the employees’ usual place of business, subject to the other limitations contained in this section. In either of the two above scenarios, the employees may be directed, including being directed to speak dialogue, provided that such direction replicates the employees’ usual working conditions and that such dialogue replicates dialogue actually spoken by the employees while conducting their customary work duties. The application of this Contract is not waived, however, with respect to those persons who render services for the advertiser in the regular course of his/her business, which services by their very nature are services normally rendered under and covered by this Contract; for example, fashion modeling.
Principal Performers. A. Dramatic Programs 2(a) Single Program Performance (other than serials) 7.0% Program Length 7/1/2023 7/1/2024 5 min. or less 338 362 over 5 to 15 min. 676 723 over 15 to 30 min. 1,083 1,159 over 30 to 45 min. 1,242 1,329 over 45 to 60 min. 1,454 1,556 over 60 to 90 min. 1,778 1,902 over 90 to 120 min. 2,145 2,295 "Legacy Exhibit A" Applicable Rate 11/9/2023 7/1/2024 Day Rate 1,198 1,246 Three-Day Rate 3,032 3,153 Weekly Rate 4,161 4,327 "Non-Legacy Exhibit A" Applicable Rate 11/9/2023 7/1/2024 Day Rate 1,158 1,204 Three-Day Rate 2,933 3,050 Weekly Rate 4,019 4,180 7/1/2022 7/1/2024 Extra Rehearsal Rate 33 33 Overtime Rate 50 50 (b)(i) Serials 7.0% Program Length 7/1/2023 7/1/2024 5 min. or less 285 305 over 5 to 15 min. 569 609 over 15 to 30 min. 851 911 over 30 to 45 min. 991 1,060 over 45 to 60 min. 1,134 1,213 over 60 to 90 min. 1,418 1,517 (b)(ii) Additional Days 11/16/2002 7/1/2024 Less than one hour 345 369 One hour or more 460 492 2024 - 2025 Extension Agreement Rates Non-Dramatic Programs B. (1) Single Program Performance 7.0% Program Length 7/1/2023 7/1/2024 5 min. or less 337 361 over 5 to 15 min. 671 718 over 15 to 30 min. 1,105 1,182 over 30 to 45 min. 1,237 1,324 over 45 to 60 min. 1,401 1,499 over 60 to 90 min. 1,772 1,896 over 90 to 120 min. 2,133 2,282 7/1/2022 7/1/2024 Extra Rehearsal Rate 33 35 Overtime Rate 50 53 (2) Multiple Performances in One Calendar Week 7.0% Program Length 7/1/2023 7/1/2024 15 min. or less 1 671 718 2 1,241 1,328 3 1,743 1,865 4 2,073 2,218 5 2,414 2,583 over 15 to 30 min. 1 1,105 1,182 2 2,073 2,218 3 2,378 2,544 4 2,611 2,794 5 3,016 3,227 over 30 to 45 min. 1 1,237 1,324 2 1,996 2,136 3 2,371 2,537 4 2,854 3,054 5 3,508 3,754 over 45 to 60 min. 1 1,401 1,499 2 2,254 2,412 3 2,676 2,863 4 3,215 3,440 5 3,951 4,228 2024 - 2025 Extension Agreement Rates over 60 to 90 min. 1 1,772 1,896 2 2,550 2,729 3 3,077 3,292 4 3,878 4,149 5 4,957 5,304 over 90 to 120 min. 1 2,133 2,282 2 3,016 3,227 3 3,483 3,727 4 4,518 4,834 5 5,695 6,094 7/1/2022 7/1/2024 Extra Rehearsal Rate 33 35 Overtime Rate 50 53 (3) News Shows - 6th or 7th Performance 7.0% Program Length 7/1/2023 7/1/2024 15 min. 6 2,617 2,800 7 2,879 3,081 30 min. 6 3,214 3,439 7 3,424 3,664 60 min. 6 4,256 4,554 7 4,650 4,976 90 min. 6 5,567 5,957 7 6,215 6,650 120 min. 6 6,552 7,011 7 7,532 8,059 7/1/2022 7/1/2024 Extra Rehearsal Rate 33 35 Overtime Rate 50 53 2024 - 2025 Extension Agreement Rates Special Rates for Programs on Multiple Stations Commonly Owned
Principal Performers. The Union waives the application of this Contract to actual employees of the advertiser who are regularly employed and who are not professional entertainers who engage in entertainment or motion picture work regularly when they are photographed at their usual place of business in the course of their usual employment. The application of the Contract is not waived, however, with respect to those persons who render services for the advertiser in the regular course of his/her business, which services by their very nature are services normally rendered under and covered by this Contract; for example, fashion modeling. The Union also waives the application of this Contract to executive officers of companies delivering institutional messages as that term is understood in the Industry.
Principal Performers. The Union waives the application of this Contract to actual employees of the advertiser who are regularly employed and who are not professional entertainers who engage in entertainment or motion picture work regularly when they are photographed at their usual place of business in the course of their usual employment. When there are unique circumstances that exist at an advertiser’s place of business that make it unusually difficult, disruptive or unsafe to photograph the advertiser’s employees in the course of their usual employment during business hours, the application of the contract shall be waived as to photography of such employees at their usual place of business during non-business hours, subject to the other limitations contained in this section. When there are unique circumstances that exist at an advertiser’s place of business that make it unusually difficult, disruptive, or unsafe to photograph the advertiser’s employees in the course of their usual employment during non-business hours and during business hours, the application of this Contract shall be waived as to photography of such employees at locations away from their usual place of business, provided those locations are designed to replicate the employees’ usual place of business, subject to the other limitations contained in this section. In either of the two above scenarios, the employees may be directed, including being directed to speak dialogue, provided that such direction replicates the employees’ usual working conditions and that such dialogue replicates dialogue actually spoken by the employees while conducting their customary work duties. The application of this Contract is not waived, however, with respect to those persons who render services for the advertiser in the regular course of his/her business, which services by their very nature are services normally rendered under and covered by this Contract; for example, fashion modeling.