Common use of Trainee Program, Intern Program, Qualification Lists, and Interchange Clause in Contracts

Trainee Program, Intern Program, Qualification Lists, and Interchange. Employer must give preference of employment to Employees as provided in Article 14 of the BA. However, if Employer is unable to find Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers on the applicable Qualification Lists who will accept employment at the rates and conditions offered in accordance with this Sideletter, Employer may employ, on a Picture based in the Southern California Area or the New York Area, one (1) Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director who is on the Third Area Qualification List, provided that Employer must make a reasonably diligent effort to find Unit Production Managers or Assistant Directors (as the case may be) on the applicable Qualification List before employing any person not on the applicable Qualification List and document that effort at DGA’s request, and provided Employer may not offer better rates or conditions of employment to non-Qualification List Employees than to Qualification List Employees. In the event there are no available persons on the applicable Qualification List to perform the work of a Second Assistant Director, the next preference in employment shall be DGA Trainees; if no such Trainees are available, then Employer may hire Second Assistant Directors from any source. Days so worked by DGA Trainees shall be counted towards fulfillment of their training time only.

Trainee Program, Intern Program, Qualification Lists, and Interchange. Employer must give preference of employment to Employees as provided in Article 14 of the BA. However, if Employer is unable to find Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers on the applicable Qualification Lists who will accept employment at the rates and conditions offered in accordance with this Sideletter, Employer may employ, on a Picture productions based in the Southern California Area or the New York Area, one one (1) Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director who is on the Third Area Qualification List, provided that Employer must make a reasonably diligent effort to find Unit Production Managers or Assistant Directors (as the case may be) on the applicable Qualification List before employing any person not on the applicable Qualification List and document that effort at DGA’s request, and provided Employer may not offer better rates or conditions of employment to non-Qualification List Employees than to Qualification List Employees. In the event there are no available persons on the applicable Qualification List to perform the work of a Second Assistant Director, the next preference in employment shall be DGA Trainees; if no such Trainees are available, then Employer may hire Second Assistant Directors from any source. Days so worked by DGA Trainees shall be counted towards fulfillment of their training time only. shall in no event be less than the legally applicable federal or state minimum wage.

Trainee Program, Intern Program, Qualification Lists, and Interchange. Employer must give preference of employment to Employees as provided in Article 14 of the BA. However, if Employer is unable to find Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers on the applicable Qualification Lists who will accept employment at the rates and conditions offered in accordance with this Sideletter, Employer may employ, on a Picture productions based in the Southern California Area or the New York Area, one one (1) Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director who is on the Third Area Qualification List, provided that Employer must make a reasonably diligent effort to find Unit Production Managers or Assistant Directors (as the case may be) on the applicable Qualification List before employing any person not on the applicable Qualification List and document that effort at DGA’s request, and provided Employer may not offer better rates or conditions of employment to non-Qualification List Employees than to Qualification List Employees. In the event there are no available persons on the applicable Qualification List to perform the work of a Second Assistant Director, the next preference in employment shall be DGA Trainees; if no such Trainees are available, then Employer may hire Second Assistant Directors from any source. Days so worked by DGA Trainees shall be counted towards fulfillment of their training time only.

Trainee Program, Intern Program, Qualification Lists, and Interchange. Employer must give preference of employment to Employees as provided in Article 14 of the BA. However, if Employer is unable to find Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers on the applicable Qualification Lists who will accept employment at the rates and conditions offered in accordance with this Sideletter, Employer may employ, on a Picture productions based in the Southern California Area or the New York Area, one one (1) Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director who is on the Third Area Qualification List, provided that Employer must make a reasonably diligent effort to find Unit Production Managers or Assistant Directors (as the case may be) on the applicable Qualification List before employing any person not on the applicable Qualification List and document that effort at DGA’s request, and provided Employer may not offer better rates or conditions of employment to non-Qualification List Employees than to Qualification List Employees. In the event there are no available persons on the applicable Qualification List to perform the work of a Second Assistant Director, the next preference in employment shall be DGA Trainees; if no such Trainees are available, then Employer may hire Second Assistant Directors from any source. Days so worked by DGA Trainees shall be counted towards fulfillment of their training time only.. SAMPLE