Common use of Freelance Clause in Contracts

Freelance. Except under extraordinary circumstances, the employer shall not publish editorial content submitted by independent contractors or volunteers (excluding students) that constitutes a substitution for full- time or part-time bargaining unit positions and/or bargaining unit work. The nature of extraordinary circumstances shall include considerations of enterprise, exclusive access, first person voice, frequency of contribution, proximity, timeliness, specialized knowledge and significant competitive advantage for the newspaper. It is agreed on a without-prejudice and go-forward basis that Article 6:12 shall not restrict the Company’s right to assign or accepting any Editorial content generated by Freelancers, Independent Contractors or volunteers as assigned or accepted as of April 8, 2013 nor does it restrict the company from assigning or accepting new forms of similar content (that which is outside of the core content of the publication) as long as the overall proportion of freelance contribution does not increase beyond that which existed on April 8, 2013. For purposes of this article, core content shall include the major sources of news in the community, including but not exclusive to the coverage of city government. It is understood that submissions from citizen journalists must satisfy the criteria of infrequent contribution, plus enterprise or first person voice. Bargaining unit members will be notified of, and considered, for any new or renewed freelance assignments.

Freelance. Except under extraordinary circumstancesextraordinarycircumstances, the employer shall not publish editorial content submitted by independent contractors or volunteers (excluding students) that constitutes constitute a substitution for full- time or part-time bargaining unit positions and/or bargaining unit work. The nature of extraordinary circumstances shall include considerations of enterprise, exclusive access, first person voice, frequency of contribution, proximity, timeliness, specialized knowledge and significant competitive advantage for the newspaper. It is agreed on a without-prejudice and go-forward basis that Article 6:12 6.12 shall not restrict the Company’s right to assign or accepting any Editorial content generated by Freelancers, Independent Contractors or volunteers as assigned or accepted as of April 8, 2013 nor does it restrict the company from assigning or accepting new forms of similar content (that which is outside of the core content of the publication) as long as the overall proportion of freelance contribution does not increase beyond that which existed on April 8, 2013. For purposes of this article, core content shall include the includethe major sources of news in the community, including but not exclusive to the coverage of city government. It is understood that submissions from citizen journalists must satisfy the criteria of infrequent contribution, plus enterprise or first person voice. Bargaining unit members will be notified of, and considered, for any new or renewed freelance assignments.