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Guidelines for Employers

Pay a fair wage.  Do not view your firm as providing an "education" to the intern as a way to justify paying less than a fair wage.  The intern will gain education in the field in many diverse ways, just as you do.

Pay time-and-one-half of base wage or salary for hours worked more than 40 hours in any one week.

Do not hire interns on a "contract" basis.

Try to avoid lending out interns to other offices for a period of time.

View the internship process as an important and intrinsic part of your practice and of the profession.

Try to maintain employment of an intern in your office over a continuous period of at least six months.

Invite interns to meetings with clients to observe in order to help them to learn from the architect-client interface.

Try to integrate your interns into all aspects of your practice.

Respect interns as people and as productive members of your staff.

Promptly sign tri-quarterly employment verification forms which are required by NCARB, so that interns can receive credit for training. 

Be truthful and open in your evaluation of completed work.