0 a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else, to increase the number of workers , to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: --
His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency.
1 a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else temporarily, either to increase the number of workers there, to replace a worker, or to exchange experiences and skills: --
It has also provided the trust with a member of staff on secondment for two years.
Would she consider getting some secondment from industry?
The transfer-ability of pensions is crucial in any system of secondment or two-way movement of this kind.
None is on secondment from an outside organisation.
An additional £40,000 was provided in 1990–91 to support the secondment of our senior lecturers.
Applications for voluntary early retirement were received from 171 staff on secondment to training and enterprise councils.
Everybody would benefit from that, but the constant block is the consequence for pensions, and only secondment is possible.
So far, we have had 28 applications for secondment, all of which have been approved.
