Secondment
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Secondmentis the temporary assignment of a member of one organization to another organization. In some jurisdictions, [e.g., India] such temporary transfer of employees is called "on deputation".
Job rotation
[edit]The employee typically retains their salary and other employment rights from their primary organization but they work closely within the other organization to provide training, a liaison between the two companies and the sharing of experience.[1]Secondment is a more formal type ofjob rotation.[2][3]This is not to be confused withtemporary work.
Secondment, sometimes referred to as employer of record (EoR) orprofessional employer organization(PEO), can also be used to help organizations hire during a headcount freeze. In the current day, some businesses use it as a solution to enter into new markets, bypassing the cost of opening their own business entity.[citation needed]
Use
[edit]For example, statisticians from the BritishGovernment Statistical Servicemay be assigned to theFull Factcharity, to check statistics presented in political campaigns and the mass media.[4]In the military, anexchange officeris acommissioned officerin acountry'sarmed forceswho is temporarily seconded either to a unit of the armed forces of another country or to another branch of the armed forces of their own country.[5][6]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^Cunningham, Ian; Dawes, Graham; Bennett, Ben (2004), "Secondments and Related Approaches",The Handbook of Work Based Learning,Gower Publishing, p. 137,ISBN9780566085413
- ^Thomson, Rosemary; Thomson, Andrew (2012-05-04).Managing People.Routledge.ISBN9781136382826.
- ^Rishipal (2011).Training and Development Methods.S. Chand Publishing.ISBN9788121936569.
- ^About Full Fact(PDF),Government Statistical Service, 2017
- ^Short-Term Interchanges of Staff: First Report.Australian Government Pub. Service. 1978.ISBN9780642036957.
- ^"Reflections on an Air Force/Navy Exchange Tour".Air University Review.United States Air Force.March–April 1971.
Further reading
[edit]- Centre for Employment Initiatives (Great Britain) (1988).Seconds Out: Business Secondment in Theory and Practice.Centre for Employment Initiatives.ISBN978-0-9513288-0-4.
- Ntata, Pierson R. T. (February 2017). "Capacity Building through Secondment of Staff: A Possible Model in Emergencies?".Development in Practice.17(1): 104–113.doi:10.1080/09614520601092725.JSTOR25548182.S2CID154173775.