The RIBA is considering requiring every practice bearing its chartered status to remunerate all overtime, its president has revealed.

Alan Jones was responding to an open letter sent to him by hundreds of architectural assistants, part Is and part IIs complaining about a catalogue of abusive practices they say are widespread in the profession.

These vary from assistants being asked to run entire projects, salaries of £16,000, clocking up 200 hours’ unpaid overtime in four months, being bullied for questioning conditions, and being unable to get a traineeship without already having considerable experience.

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