This agreement records a temporary assignment (a "secondment") of an employee to another team or entity while their employment with the home company continues unchanged. It sets the duration of the assignment, the duties and reporting lines while it lasts, and how the related costs are allocated.

1. The assignment

Company name (the "Company") assigns Employee full name (the "Employee") on secondment to Host team or entity (the "Host").

The secondment is a development and business-continuity tool: it broadens the Employee's experience while covering a need at the Host, and the Employee enters into it voluntarily.

2. Duration

1. The secondment runs from Secondment start date to Secondment end date, unless it is ended earlier or extended in writing under this agreement.
2. When the secondment ends, the Employee returns to their substantive role, or to a comparable role agreed with the Employee in writing.
3. Extensions are agreed in writing before the end date, with enough notice for the Employee to plan around them.

3. Duties and reporting

1. During the secondment the Employee performs the following duties for the Host: Secondment duties summary.
2. Day-to-day direction comes from Host manager name. Formal employment matters — compensation, leave approval, performance records, and discipline — remain with the Company.
3. While working at the Host's site or in its systems, the Employee follows the Host's working, safety, and security rules in addition to the Company's own policies.
4. The Host gives the Company periodic feedback on the Employee's work so performance reviews reflect the secondment fairly.

4. Employment terms during the secondment

1. The Employee remains employed by the Company throughout. Continuity of service, compensation, and benefits continue unchanged unless a change is agreed in writing.
2. Salary continues to be paid by the Company through its normal payroll, subject to the usual withholdings.
3. Vacation and other leave are requested through the Company's normal procedures and coordinated with the Host's schedule so the assignment is not disrupted.
4. The Employee accrues vacation and benefits as usual, and time on secondment counts toward tenure for every internal purpose.
5. Access to the Company's systems continues where needed; access to the Host's systems is granted for the assignment and removed when it ends.

5. Cost allocation

1. The costs of the secondment are allocated between the Company and the Host as follows: Cost allocation summary.
2. Unless that summary says otherwise, the Company continues to bear payroll costs, and the Host bears workspace, equipment, and day-to-day tooling for the assignment.
3. Travel or temporary-relocation expenses agreed for the secondment are reimbursed under the Company's expense policy.
4. Invoicing between the Company and the Host for allocated costs happens without involving the Employee, and neither may charge the Employee any cost of the secondment.

6. Confidentiality and intellectual property

1. The Employee's confidentiality obligations to the Company continue and extend to the Host's non-public information learned during the assignment.
2. Work product created during the secondment is treated under the Employee's existing agreements with the Company, unless the Company and the Host agree a different allocation in writing and inform the Employee.
3. The Employee returns the Host's materials and equipment when the secondment ends, and the Host confirms receipt.

7. Ending the secondment early

1. The Company may end the secondment early with reasonable written notice if business needs change, or immediately by agreement of everyone involved. Where practical, the Company and the Host plan the wind-down together so in-flight work is handed over cleanly.
2. The Employee may raise concerns about the assignment at any time through their Company manager.
3. Ending the secondment does not by itself end the employment; the Employee simply returns as described in section 2.
4. If the Host's need ends early, the Employee returns to the Company on the same terms as a scheduled return, with no loss of standing or pay.

Signatures

Employee: ✍ Employee signature Date: Employee signature date

For the Company: ✍ Company signature Date: Company signature date