AGMA NOW HAS A

GUEST ARTIST AGREEMENT

AGMA’s Board of Governors has now approved a standard form Guest Artist Agreement that any member in any category can use for work at non-AGMA employers. The Standard Guest Artist Agreement can be used in either of two ways for any job you are offered.

First, if your employer agrees, it can be used as a binding agreement between you and the employer, for whatever terms you can negotiate or agree upon. The form, which appears elsewhere in AGMAZine, can be Xeroxed and you or your agent can negotiate some or all of its suggested contractual provisions with any prospective employer. A downloadable copy also appears on our website, www.musicalartists.org.  Use of this form should be acceptable to non-AGMA employers because it does not require an entire AGMA shop and includes only those terms to which your prospective employer is willing to agree. Please note that, as with any non-AGMA employer, AGMA working dues are not payable on any such work.

The Guest Artist Agreement allows you and your employer to agree to designate Health Plan B contributions and/or Retirement contributions, and can be easily modified to include any mutually-agreeable terms and conditions for your employment.

If you and your employers agree to use this form, you must forward a mutually-signed copy of it to me at AGMA if you want AGMA to be able to assist you in enforcing it’s terms.

Second, if any of your prospective employers are not willing to use the Standard Form to make a binding contract with AGMA on your behalf, you can nonetheless still use the information on the form as a template for negotiating your own agreements.