Letter from Intern
An e-mail from 10 January 2007:Hi Lisa,
Thank goodness somebody finally brought it up. Yes, this issue needs to be seriously talked about. I was at the recent Law and the Architect seminar that the AIBC had in-house. Seemed like everybody woke up once the discussion on employment law got around to the topic of overtime.
It could be just a situation of employers not aware that interns are covered under the employment standards act while employed registered architects are not covered. My suspicion however, is that the people running firms know that a wide majority of other firms dont pay overtime and / or time and a half. Shouldn't it be time and a half? Seems like this problem is widespread.
The problem is that even though the rule is in the books the only way to enforce the thing is by bringing a claim against your present or former employer - within six months for it. Even if you decide to do that it may jeopardise your search for a new position.
This is a totally untennible situation. I guess I haven't offered much in the way of solutions but at least its nice to be able to talk about it.
posted by Lisa @ 6:56 PM
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