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RIBA Code of Professional Conduct
Employment
8.2 Members who employ staff must comply with all legal requirements and define the conditions of employment, authority and liability of their employees in writing.
Employing Students
8.5 Where an employee is an architectural student undertaking professional experience at Stage 1, (Post Part 1) or Stage Two, (Post Part 2), the employer should also have due regard for the employee’s general training and education in accordance with the objectives of the RIBA’s Professional Experience and Development Record Scheme (PEDR).

8.6 Members who employ students are expected to:
* provide them with a proper written contract of employment; (NB. The RIBA has produced a model employment contract for the use of members in the UK employing Stage One and Stage Two architectural students)
* nominate an employment mentor to supervise the professional development of the employee and to complete the quarterly PEDR record sheets in a timely manner;
* provide a reasonable breadth of work experience and level of responsibility in accordance with the objectives and regulations of the PEDR scheme
* permit attendance at courses, study days and examinations and for work shadowing in accordance with the objectives and regulations of the PEDR scheme.