| Basic Scale Wages &
Overtime Rates |
| |
Session (1hr) |
Overtime (20 min.) |
| Basic
Scale |
$106.00 |
$35.34 |
| 1st
Double |
$31.80 |
|
| Subsequent Doubles |
$15.90 |
|
|
Doubling Computation: 30% of basic scale for first
double. 15% of basic scale for each double thereafter.
Basic Scale for Sideline Musicians: for an 8-hour day, $156.96
Overtime (15 min.) $7.36 |
| Contractor required
for 10 or more musicians. |
|
Leader, Contractor or Musician performing alone -
double the Basic Scale. |
|
When a leader or contractor also performs as a side
musician, the scale payment for the leader or contractor includes the
performance of a single instrumental part. The scale payment for any
additional instrumental part(s) as provided in Section 16 of the
agreement shall be side musician’s scale for each part. |
|
| Health & Welfare |
$13.00 per session (with a two session
cap) plus 2% of Session Scale |
| Pension |
10% of Session Scale |
| Initial Use |
| |
Side musician, Sideline
musician, or Copyist
(plus applicable doubling and multiple part fees)
|
$30.00 |
Leader, Contractor, Arranger,
Orchestrator,
or musician performing alone |
$60.00 |
| |
This use payment
entitles the Employer to use all commercial announcements claimed
from the same original session for the initial cycle from the date
of first use of each spot. |
|
| Use/Reuse Payments |
| 1. |
Reuse of a spot for 13 weeks in
television or radio - 75% of the Session Fees. |
| 2. |
Use or reuse of a spot for 8
weeks in radio only - 80% of 13 week cycle payment. |
| 3. |
Use and reuse fees are paid
under scale in effect at the time of the original session. |
|
| Premium Pay |
| |
All work done between midnight
and 8:00am; on Sundays and on the following holidays is paid at
double the applicable scale: New Years Day, Labor Day, Washington’s
Birthday, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day, Christmas, and
Independence Day. |
|
|
Cancellations
No cancellations or postponements without
consent of the Federation.
Hold Period
40 Minutes beyond the length of the call.
Rest Period
5 minutes first hour, 10 minutes each subsequent hour.
First Air Date
Employer must submit first air date reports when spots air. |
| Dubbing & New Use |
| |
Dubbing - transfer of a music
track into a commercial used in the same broadcast medium - 75% of
1-hour Session Fee.
New Use - transfer of music track into a commercial used in a
different broadcast medium - 75% of 1-hour Session Fee.
Dubbing and New Use fees are paid the scale amount in effect at the
time of the Dubbing or New Use. |
|
| Adding Specific Factual Information |
| |
To make copy and/or video changes over the recorded
music of a commercial, provided such changes are limited to
destination, points and times of departures, frequency of service,
telephone numbers, rates, prices, availability, dates, dealer names
and addresses. Such changes may be made without creating a new or
additional commercials provided all versions are identical except for
these informational changes. |
| |
For every 13-week
cycle of use of any commercial incorporating any such changes,
including the first use cycle, the musicians shall receive 200% of the
applicable reuse fee. This does not apply to commercials for which
regional or local rates are being paid. |
|
| Mechanical Editing |
| |
Shortening or lengthening a music track for a spot
- Dubbing Fee. |
|
| Short Term TV Use |
| |
3 spots for the same advertiser
for 10 weeks aggregate use during one 13-week cycle in one medium -
75% of Session Fee. |
|
| Non-Broadcast Use |
| |
Non-broadcast use in an
additional broadcast media except video cassettes - Dubbing Fee. For
an additional payment of 150% of the conversion fee the Employer may
obtain two consecutive 52-week periods of non-broadcast use. |
|
| Additional Broadcast Medium Use |
| |
Use of a spot in an additional
broadcast medium - Session Fee, or New Use Fee |
|
| Commercials Not Used for Two Years |
| |
Session Fee under the scale in
effect at the time the commercial is reactivated.
Reuse under the scale in effect at time of reuse. |
|
| Adjusting Undisputed Overpayments |
|
Where an overpayment has been made to a musician
and there is no factual dispute as to overpayment, the overpayment may
be credited against subsequent payments due to the same musician no
sooner than 10 business days after the notice set forth in
sub-paragraph (1) below has been sent, when the following conditions
have been met. |
| 1) |
The Employer has given written notice to the
musician with a copy to the local of which the .musician is a member
identifying the reason for the overpayment, the amount and date
thereof, and the commercial(s), advertiser and agency involved; and: |
| 2) |
The notice is given
within ninety (90) days of the overpayment |
|
| Meal Period |
| |
With respect to any musician
for whom a session call is more than six hours, or for whom the
session extends beyond six hours as a result of overtime, a meal
period of not less than one-half hour nor more than one hour shall be
provided not later than six hours after the musician reports for work.
Such meal period shall not be considered work time. |
|
| Cartage |
|
If a public carrier (i.e. cartage company) is used,
Employer will pay cartage bills as submitted. If a private
transportation is used, the Employer will pay a musician cartage fees
as follows: |
| $30.00 |
harp, keyboard,
string bass and timpani ,marimba, chimes, vibraphone |
| $12.00 |
tuba, all drums, all
amplifiers, baritone sax, bass sax, cello, accordion, cordovox and
contra-bass clarinet. |
| Any bill submitted in
an amount in excess of $30 and $12 respectfully shall be paid provided
that the receipt is submitted for actual and reasonable expenses
incurred. |
|
| Foreign Use |
12 month’s use
Europe $66.25
Outside Europe $66.25
World-wide use paid at start of cycle $106.00
Each commercial may be used for 24 months by paying
an additional 50% of scale.
Payment shall be made on a per commercial announcement basis. |
| Dubbing (Dub) Fee |
|
75% of Session Fee for National commercial, 100% of
Session Fee for Regional or Local Commercials.
A dub is where one takes an existing bed of music and creates an
additional commercial within the same medium. i.e. A producer wishes to
create a fourth (additional) commercial (total amount of commercials
allowed per 1 hour session is 3) so the producer pays a dub fee which is
75% of the Original Session Fee. (For this example we are discussing a
National commercial.)
|
| Conversion Fee |
| 75% of Session Fee for National spot,
100% of Session Fee for Regional or Local Commercials.
A conversion is where one takes an existing bed of music and creates a
new commercial in a different medium. i.e. A producer wishes to take an
existing bed of music from a television commercial* and place that music
in a radio commercial, so the producer pays a conversion fee which is 75%
of the Original Session Fee. (For this example we are discussing a
National commercial.)
* A conversion can also be Radio to TV. |
| Internet Use: Made for Initial Use on Television or Radio |
| One Dub Fee for each 52-week period of
use. |
| Internet Use: Made for Initial Use on the Internet |
| 1. |
One session fee for any minimum call session
(see rates under Basic Scale - Session Fees, pg. 1). |
| 2. |
Initial Use payment for first 6-month period
of use (see Initial Use Fee rates, pg. 3). |
| 3. |
One dub fee (equivalent) for second 6-month
period of use. |
| 4. |
One dub fee (equivalent) for each subsequent
52-week period of use. |
| Sideline |
| Sideline base scale per 8 hours |
$156.97
|
| Overtime per 15 min |
$ 7.36 |
| One person sideline per 8 hours |
$186.66 |
| Overtime per 15 min |
$ 8.66 |
| "Silent" or "Speaking Bits" |
Same as SAG/AFTRA |
|
