Secondments and assignments

Documentation is especially important if the assignment or secondment is a means to help reintegrate a person on medical or sick leave back into the workplace to ensure that the assignment or secondment does not prevent the person from obtaining a priority entitlement. Absence of or ambiguity in the documentation could lead to a conclusion that the person has already returned to work and is working in their substantive position.

• Tombstone data;
• Start and end dates;
• Information on payment responsibilities for training of the assignee, membership fees, etc.;
• Duties to be performed;
• Information on performance evaluation and supervisor/manager responsibilities;
• Process for approving/tracking periods of leave;
• Notice period for changes to the agreement;
• Financial codes and contact names for home and host organization, department or agency;
• Approval signatures.

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Date modified: 2015-07-23