Article A14

nabet/abc master agreement

Section A14.1
(a) The Company shall have the right to hire persons on a daily basis, provided,
however, that the total number of days worked by such persons in any
calendar year may not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the number of days paid
to regular engineering employees during calendar year 1996.
(b) At each office of the Company, the Company shall give consideration for
daily employment in the studio to any laid-off engineering employee with
recall rights from such office who notifies the Company at the time of his or
her layoff, and each six (6) months thereafter, that he or she desires to
perform work on a daily basis in the separate seniority group from which he
or she was laid off and who, in the sole judgment of the Company, possesses
the skills and abilities necessary to perform the specific work involved.
(c) [Deleted.]
(d) The Company will provide each Local Union and the Sector, on a monthly
basis, with a report containing information regarding persons hired on a daily
basis, including each such person's name, address, telephone number, Social
Security number, itemized gross earnings, dates of employment,
classification and the applicable scheduling office.
(e) The Company shall advise each person hired on a daily basis of his or her
obligations pursuant to Section 3.1(b) at such time as he or she is first
engaged, and will furnish such person with a copy of Article A-XIV.

Section A14.2
(a) The Company may engage persons on a daily basis to work a minimum of four
(4), six (6), eight (8) or ten (10) hours on any day at the daily rate(s) set forth
in Section A14.5. Daily hires may be assigned at such rate(s) for any four (4),
six (6), eight (8) or ten (10) consecutive hours within any twenty-four (24)
consecutive hours, provided that for the hours referred to in Article X, such
persons shall receive additional compensation as provided in that Article. At
the time of engagement, the Company shall specify the length for each day(s)
of the engagement. The Company shall have the right to mix four (4), six (6),
eight (8) and ten (10) hour engagements, where applicable. The ten (10) hour
rate shall apply only in the field.
(b) Any work performed by persons engaged on a daily basis in excess of eight
(8) hours in any day (except for those hired at the ten (10) hour rate), or in
excess of forty (40) hours in a regular work week (which shall be defined as
beginning at 12:01 AM Saturday and continuing until 12:00 Midnight the
following Friday), and any work performed on New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day (last Monday in May),
July Fourth, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day shall be regarded as overtime and
compensated at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular rate of pay
hereunder in quarter (1/4) hour segments. In addition, except for those daily
hires hired in the field at the ten (10) hour rate, any work performed by
persons engaged on a daily basis on New Year's Day, Presidents' Day,
Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day shall be compensated
at a rate equal to two (2) times their straight-time rate of pay for all overtime
hours worked on any such holiday. For daily hires hired in the field at the ten
(10) hour rate, compensation at the rate equal to two (2) times shall not
commence on the holidays worked (as enumerated in the preceding sentence)
until after the tenth (10th ) hour of work. The regular hourly rate of pay for
persons engaged on a four (4), six (6), eight (8) or ten (10) hour basis, shall
be, respectively, one-fourth (1/4), one-sixth (1/6), one-eighth (1/8) or onetenth
(1/10) of such rates. Persons hired on a four (4) hours basis shall be
paid at a rate equal to one-fourth (1/4) the four (4) hour rate for time worked
in excess of four (4) hours but less than six (6) hours. Persons engaged at the
ten (10) hour rate shall be paid for hours in excess of ten (10) in a day at the
rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular rate in quarter hour
segments. In no case shall overtime accrue on overtime. Penalties shall not
be considered overtime or part of the base pay.
In addition, up to one (1) hour of overtime, whether scheduled orally or in
writing, may be cancelled after an employee has reported to work, if the
Company determines in its sole discretion that such work is not needed and
the employee is released from duty. This provision shall not be construed to
restrict the Company's ability to cancel, eliminate or shorten overtime under
any other provisions of the Master Agreement. Nor shall it be construed so
as to shorten a ten (10) hour engagement for a person engaged on a ten (10)
hour basis for one or more days of engagement.
(c) In the event a daily hire engaged on a four (4) or six (6) hour basis is required
to work in excess of six (6) hours, he or she shall be compensated at the eight
(8) hour rate. The Award in AC 91-2 is null and void. Persons engaged on a
daily basis who work no more than six (6) hours pursuant to Paragraph (a)
above shall not receive any paid meal period.
(d) In the event the Company engages a person on a daily basis and thereafter
cancels such engagement between 12:00 noon and 5:00 PM of the day
preceding his or her assignment, said person shall be paid a sum equal to four
(4) hours' pay if the engagement was for an eight (8) hour call or longer, three
(3) hours' pay if the engagement was for a six (6) hour call, or two (2) hours'
pay if the engagement was for a four (4) hour call. If the engagement is
canceled after 5:00 PM of the day preceding the assignment, said person shall
be paid a sum equal to four (4), six (6), eight (8) or ten (10) hour engagement,
whichever is applicable.
(e) Persons hired on a daily basis shall receive a payment of Fifty-five Dollars
($55.00) (increased to Sixty Dollars ($60.00) effective the first day of the
payroll period following June 1, 2006) a day in lieu of benefits provided,
however, persons hired on a daily basis at the Field Utility rate set forth in
Section A14.5 shall not receive any payment in lieu of benefits.
(See Sideletters FD and FD-1.)
(f) Each person who works on a daily basis more than eighty (80) days in any
calendar year shall receive annual vacation pay in an amount equal to four
percent (4%) of such employee's straight-time rate of pay for all straight-time
hours worked in that calendar year, payable by separate check by February
15 of the next succeeding calendar year.
(See Sideletter FB.)
(g) [Deleted.]
Section A14.2(h)
(h) The Company will provide a daily hire employee with Company paid
life insurance in the principal amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) on the following basis:
(i) A daily hire employee who works more than eighty (80) days
in a calendar year shall qualify for such life insurance policy
for a single calendar year as set forth herein.
(ii) The policy will be in effect for the calendar year immediately
following the qualifying year as defined in subparagraph (i)
above.
(iii) Eligibility for this life insurance policy shall lapse and the
employee shall have no coverage provided by the Company
effective January 1 in any calendar year immediately
following a year in which the daily hire employee does not
work more than eighty (80) days within a calendar year.
(iv) Daily hire employees who qualify for this coverage as
described above in calendar year 2003, shall be eligible for the
above life insurance policy effective January 1, 2004.
(See Sideletters DT and GF.)

Section A14.3
(a) The following provisions of the Master Agreement shall not apply to persons
hired on a daily basis: Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7, Articles VIII except
Sections 8.1 (the final sentence only) and 8.11, XI except Sections 11.9, XII
through XV, Sections 16.4(a), 16.5, 16.6(a) 16.11 and 16.12, Articles XVII
through XIX, XXI, XXII except the Company's Accidental Death and
Dismemberment Policy, XXIII, XXIV, and Articles XXVI through XXIX.
In lieu of the respective provisions of the Master Agreement, the following
shall apply to such persons hired on a daily basis:
(b) Section 16.4(a): On "travel-only" days daily hire employees shall be paid a
stipend in the amount of One Hundred Forty Dollars ($140.00) for any flight
when the regularly scheduled flight time is less than two (2) hours and Two
Hundred Eighty Dollars ($280.00) for any flight when the regularly
scheduled flight time is equal to, or more than, two (2) hours. This stipend
shall be in lieu of any wages, payment(s) in lieu of benefits, premiums,
penalties or other compensation to which the employee may be entitled under
the Master

Agreement and the time spent in travel and this travel time shall not be
counted as time worked for any purpose, nor included within the 'total
number of days worked' by persons hired on a daily basis as set forth in
Section A14.1(a).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections (a) and (b) above, when
there is a "travel only" day sandwiched between work on two (2) Company
assignments, such "travel only" day shall be included solely for purposes of
calculating a daily hire's entitlement to: (i) vacation pay in Section A14.2(f);
(ii) annual payment in lieu of pension in accordance with Sideletter FB; (iii)
life insurance under Section A14.2(h) above, and (iv) days under Section
3.1(b). On such "travel only" days as described in this subsection (c),
regardless of the length of the scheduled flight time, the daily hire employee
shall receive the full Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($280.00) stipend and
shall be credited with a full day of purposes of determining the daily hire
employee's entitlement to the benefits and provisions enumerated in the
preceding sentence. Additionally, a daily hire employee on such "travel
only" days when traveling directly from one Company assignment to another
Company assignment, shall receive the Fifty-Five Dollars ($55.00) (increased
to Sixty Dollars ($60.00) effective June 1, 2006) per day payment in lieu of
benefits in accordance with A14.2(e).
(d) Section 16.6(a): For the purpose of this Article XVI as it applies to persons
hired on a daily basis, "home office" shall be determined by Company
assignment and shall be defined, at the Company's election, as the daily
hire's home or regular place of business, a Company facility within
commuting distance of the daily hire's home if he or she is required to report
at such facility before commencing the next assignment, or the out-of-town
hotel or headquarters to which the employee may be assigned by the
Company for the duration of the assignment.
(e) Section 16.11: A person hired on a daily basis shall receive an
amount equal to eight (8) hours' pay at his or her straight-time rate for
each day during which such person is required by the Company to
remain out-of-town, but has no work assignment.

Section A14.4
[Deleted.]
(See Sideletter EH - Vendor Employees.)

Section A14.5
The following shall set forth the groups for purposes of classification and
minimum wage scales for persons engaged on a daily basis:

Field Utility*
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Four Hour $51.00
Six Hour 76.00
Eight Hour 101.50
Ten Hour* 139.50

Utility
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Four Hour $87.00
Six Hour 130.50
Eight Hour 173.50
Ten Hour* 237.50
*Applies only in the field. See Sideletter GK (4) and (5) for rules pertaining.

Group 2
Camera Operator
Audio Operator (2)
Studio/Field Engineer
Graphics, Electronic Character Generator and/or Still Store Operator
Technical Stock Clerk/Utility
8/4/06 3/31/07
Four Hour $139.50
Six Hour 209.00
Eight Hour 279.00
Ten Hour* 382.50

Group 5
Audio Operator
Hand Held Camera Operator
Video Operator
Editor
VTR Operator
ENG Audio Operator
ENG Field Technician
ENG Field Technician/Editor
Sr. Network ENG Technical Support
Media Preparations Operator
Robotic Camera/Video Shading Engineer
LDE
Graphic Artist (NY)
(See Sideletter CC)
8/4/06 3/31/07
Four Hour $149.50
Six Hour 225.00
Eight Hour 299.00
Ten Hour* 412.00
*Applies only in field. See Sideletter GK (6) and (7) for rules pertaining.

Group 7
ENG-EFP Camera Operator
ENG-EFP Camera Operator/Editor
Maintenance
SNG Operator
LDE
Specialty Camera Operator
Graphic Artist (NY)
Post Production Editor
Editor
Control Center Engineer
Network ENG Technical Support Supervisor
Transmission Engineer
8/4/06 3/31/07
Four Hour $157.50
Six Hour 236.50
Eight Hour 315.00
Ten Hour* 433.50
*Applies only in the field.

Group 8 - Television Technical Director (8)
8/4/06 3/31/07
Four Hour $169.00
Six Hour 253.50
Eight Hour 338.00
Ten Hour* 465.00
*Applies only in the field.

Video Tape Librarians-Daily Rates
8/4/06 3/31/07
Four Hour $120.00
Six Hour 179.50
Eight Hour 239.50
(See Sideletter EN for KGO-TV and KGO-Radio Rates) Section B1.1