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Infants

The term MINOR shall refer to Performers under the age of 18 years.
For Minors under 12 years of age, overtime is forbidden.

 For Minors aged 12 – 15, a maximum of 2 hours per day of overtime may be permitted, provided that in the event that a Minor is required to work a cumulative maximum of 4 hours of overtime 3 consecutive days, the Minor shall not be required to work any overtime on the immediately following day.

Such Minors shall be given rest periods of not less than 12 hours between the end of one work day and the beginning of the next work day.

For Minors under 12 years of age, there shall be a rest period of not less than 12 hours between working days.

A Parent/Chaperon of a Minor under 16 years of ago MUST be at the Studio or the location and accessible to the Minor at all times when a Minor is on set and much accompany the Minor to and from the set or location.

When the Parent is not present, a responsible Chaperon (not less than 21 years of age) shall be appointed by the parent to assume full supervision of the Minor for the duration of the engagement. This appointment of the Minor’s Chaperon shall be completed. (See Forms – Chaperon)

Night Shoots – The Performer must receive prior notice of scheduled night work.

Trust Account

After a Minor’s total lifetime remuneration reaches $5,000.00, 25% of the Minor’s gross remuneration shall be deducted from the total payment due to the Minor by the Producer and remitted to ACTRA and held in trust for said Minor.

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Tutoring

When a Producer engaged a Minor, the education of such a Performer will not be jeopardized.

The Performer must be provided with Tutoring appropriate to the Minor’s educational requirements.

Where a Minor is engaged in a Production, such that the Minor is required to miss at least 2 days of regular school in a given school week, or at least 5 days of regular school in a school year over the course of a Production of Series, the Producer agrees to employ a Tutor to provide educational instruction to the Minor from the 1st day of such engagement.

During the course of a Minor’s work day, the Minor is entitled to Tutoring a minimum of 2 hours per Production workday, in blocks of no less than 30 minute Tutoring sessions at a time.
 

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Infants

An Infant means a person who is less than 2 years old and more than 15 days old.

A person who is less than 15 days shall not be permitted to be engaged

The Producer will provide a separate, sanitary room for the care and rest of Infants employed.

The room to include a crib, changing table and private quiet and warm room where the infant may be fed and my rest without being held.

Infant accessories provided by the Production company, such as bassinets, cribs, etc, must be sanitized at the time of delivery to set and on a regular basis.

Once wardrobe and props have been used with an infant, the wardrobe and props may NOT be reissued to another infant, until the wardrobe has been laundered and the props sanitized. Bottles, nipples and pacifiers must not be exchanged amount infants.

Please visit www.ActraToronto.com for more information about infants in the industry.

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