Secondment contract

What does seconded employee mean? The idea behind a secondment arrangement is that the secondee will remain employed by the original employer during the secondment , and will, following the termination of the secondment , return to the seconder. An internal secondment can be an informal arrangement between departments – even if the wage changes, the individual is paid in the same way, so there is little paperwork to be done. When the secondment is external, the relationship between the employer and the employee is more complicate as a third party is involved.

This agreement covers the issues associated with a secondment : The rights and responsibilities of all parties, including sick and holiday pay, remuneration, responsibilities for management of the secondee (including disciplinary procedures), the length of the secondment and so on. It should be read in conjunction with the existing terms and conditions of employment. Clear agreement on the start and finish dates. A secondment is a temporary work placement of an employee in another area to that in which they normally work – they can be either be internal or external.

The maximum period for a secondment is usually years. It will be for the manager to determine whether a fixed-term contract may be advertised on a secondment basis. This would apply in circumstances where it is considered likely that the expertise required to fulfil the role already exists within the University. The Agreement may only be varied with the express written agreement of all the parties to it.

The agreement has the effect of changing (or ‘varying’) certain terms of the employment contract for the duration of the secondment. As such, the employee’s agreement to the secondment, and therefore to any variation of their contract of employment, must be obtained before a secondment can commence. A secondment usually requires two documents: an amendment to the secondee’s employment contract to allow him or her to be seconde and a contract between the original employer and the new employer (the “host”) setting out the terms of the secondment. We have included both in this pack. Ideally, on an external secondment, the secondee’s existing employment contract should be reviewe and a written agreement covering the secondment terms drawn up.

This will set out the agreed changes to the secondee’s employment and may be signed by all three parties. On an external secondment, who will be the employer? Use them for competitive intelligence, drafting documents or to get information about transactions within a particular industry or sector.

A secondment amounts to a three-way arrangement between the employee, his or her original employer and the host employer so there may be issues around managing work, protecting business interests and deciding which employer retains overall control of the employee. During the secondment the legal employer continues to carry legal obligations towards the secondee, so where a University employee is seconde the University continues to have legal obligations towards the employee. At the end of a secondment the employee will usually return to work for their legal employer. Annex” shall mean an annex to this Agreement, attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes.

His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency. The secondment agreement between the employer of the employee being seconded (the secondee) and the “host” - to whom the secondee is seconded to - should contain certain key terms which are. An outgoing secondment is when a Monitor employee will go and work for another organisation for a specific purpose and a specified amount of time.

A secondment agreement is not required for an internal secondment. A Change of Contract letter will state the details of the arrangement and act as a temporary variation to the individual’s contract of employment. Employees wishing to be considered for an. This must be issued to the secondee in advance of the start date of the secondment.

Prior to applying for a secondment opportunity, a member of staff must first seek the approval to apply from their line manager. The manager will need to consider whether they can release the member of staff for the necessary time, dependent upon the needs of the service. An incoming external secondment is where a member of staff from another employer (the seconding organisation) comes to work for the University of York for a defined period of time whilst maintaining their contract with the seconding organisation (their substantive employer).

The University is committed to the development of its employees. Secondments are a temporary contractual arrangement.