Secondments
A secondment is a formal arrangement by which a person who is employed by one organisation or office actually works in another (host) organisation or office for a specified time. Financial arrangements vary from one secondment to another.
Possible advantages include:
- Opportunity for employee to broaden experience without changing employer
- Employer is able to reduce staffing level without losing staff permanently
- Employer is able to make a contribution to host organisation's work.
- Host organisation is able to mobilise staff with key skills quickly
- Host organisation is able to increase staffing level without entering into a long term commitment.
There are also less honourable reasons
- The employer uses the secondment as a temporary means of getting rid of a difficult staff member
- Host organisation uses the secondment to avoid limits on "staff" imposed by donors or own management.
- Host organisation uses the secondment to save money by offering to reimburse employer's lower costs as opposed to paying the secondee according to their own higher scales.
This page was last updated by Phil Wilks on 28 April 2010 at 12:14:45 (2 years ago).
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