Common use of Contractors and Service Providers Clause in Contracts

Contractors and Service Providers. FP has the right in its discretion (a) to engage outside personnel on a non-staff basis, e.g., freelancer, contract writer or editor, blogger, artist, podcaster, or videographer, to provide content or other services to FP; (b) to secure and use content, reports, data, video or other information from other media organizations, other outside entities or individual content contributors; and (c) to engage contractors to perform Guild-covered work or any other work, including podcasting, video programming services, audiovisual services, production and programming, and design and layout services. Contractors and providers under this provision shall not be considered or deemed employees for purposes of this Agreement and are not subject to its terms. No bargaining unit employees will be laid off as a direct result of FP’s assignment of work to contractors and providers under this paragraph. Nor shall a contractor or outside provider be used as a non-temporary replacement for a full-time Guild-covered position eliminated as a result of a layoff.