Prevailing minimum compensation.

§ 505.3 Prevailing minimum compensation.

(a)

(1) In the absence of an alternative determination made by the Administrator under paragraph (b) of this section, and except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, the prevailing minimum compensation required to be paid under the Act to the various professional performers and related or supporting professional personnel employed on projects or productions assisted by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities shall be the compensation (including fringe benefits) contained in collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the following national or international labor organizations or their local affiliates:

Actors' Equity Association.

Screen Actors Guild, Inc.

Screen Extras Guild, Inc.

American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc.

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators.

American Federation of Musicians.

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians.

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

American Guild of Variety Artists.

Writers Guild.

(2) Professional performers and related or supporting professional personnel who are to perform activities which do not come within the jurisdiction of any collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the labor organizations named in paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall be paid minimum compensation as determined by agreement of the grant applicant or grantee and the personnel who will perform such activities or their representatives. Evidence of the agreement reached by the parties shall be submitted by the grant applicant to the grant agency, together with evidence of the prevailing minimum compensation for similar activities. If the parties do not agree on the minimum compensation to be paid to such personnel, the matter shall be referred to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for final determination.

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