Secondment

Thewarrant officerin the khaki shirt is an instructor who has been seconded from theRoyal Anglian Regimentto theBermuda Regimentto provide training

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

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.Secondment is a more formal type ofjob rotation.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.

Use

For example, statisticians from the BritishGovernment Statistical Servicemay be assigned to theFull Factcharity, to check statistics presented in political campaigns and the mass media.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.

See also

• Student exchange program
• Temporary duty assignment

Further reading

• 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.