Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 February 2004

Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Precisely. Secondment usually means that one's employer continues to pay one but there exists also the concept of unpaid secondment or leave. It usually relates to continuity of payment by the main employer and usually there is a written agreement between the bodies when there is a secondment. Sometimes it can be used to cover unpaid leave where, for administrative reasons, a person moves to the payroll of another party. That is the understanding. It is a matter of custom and practice within employment. It is not necessarily a designated form like a legal deed. It can be gleaned from correspondence exchanged between the parties and from statements made.

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