Unpaid overtime: most architects back RIBA crackdown plans Source: Shutterstock The RIBA’s plan to ban unpaid overtime at chartered practices has been broadly welcomed by architects, but critics have voiced concerns it will fail to eradicate the problem The institute has promised to consult on introducing a requirement for all its 28,000 members to remunerate overtime from September. Advertisement It follows a meeting with campaign group Future Architects Front, which earlier this year published an open letter urging the RIBA to do more to tackle a ‘culture of exploitation’ in the sector’s employment of Part 1 and Part 2 students.