Contracts and Riders

Please consult Articles 34:00 and 35:00 for complete details on engagement contracts under the CTA.

Additional information and resources for creating contracts are available from PACT.

Please note: Equity’s contracts were created using Adobe Acrobat and are intended to be downloaded and opened directly in Adobe Acrobat. Some functionality may be lost if a contract is opened in a third-party PDF application or directly in a web browser.

Issuing Contracts

After filing a Company Category Calculation and Production Registration Form, and posting appropriate Security, you will need to issue your contracts. It’s the Engager’s responsibility to verify the accuracy of the contract and any rider, and send them to the Artist.

After concluding negotiations, the Engager has 10 business days to issue a contract to an Artist
After receiving their contract from the Engager, an Artist has 10 business days to return a signed copy of the contract
Once the Engager has received the signed contract, they have 5 business days to file the contract with Equity

Contracts must be filed with Equity by the first day of the engagement. No Artist may begin an engagement unless an engagement contract has been completed and a copy filed with Equity.

Confirming Equity membership status

It’s the Engager’s responsibility to confirm that an Equity member on their production will be in Good Standing for the duration of their engagement. You can do this through the following steps:

Log in to the Member Lookup portal
To request access to the portal, please reach out to Shawn McCarthy, Assistant Business Representative ([email protected])
Search by member number or by first and/or last name
Once the Artist is found, make a record of the page (e.g. screenshot or PDF) to include the date and time stamp, membership status, and Artist name
Input the date of verification in the appropriate field on the Production or Workshop Registration Form
Save the record page on file for future reference

Member Lookup portal

Making changes to a signed contract

If there are changes to the contract after it’s been executed and filed with Equity, do not issue a new contract. Instead you must issue a rider to the existing contract. Having only one version of a contract (with subsequent riders) ensures that everyone is using a single version and has agreed to the same terms.

Additionally, please don’t make changes to an executed contract or rider without ensuring that both parties agree to the change.

Riders

A rider is an attachment to a contract that adds extra details, terms, or conditions. It becomes a legally binding part of the contract once both parties agree to it.

In some instances, a rider may be required under the CTA.

Rider templates are available to download from PACT.

pact.ca

Examples

Additional Duty riders

Extraordinary Risk riders

Nudity and Acts of Intimacy riders

Overseas riders

Other examples

Working Conditions and Provisions

Touring