Article 30 Secondment of the Centre’s staff members

A staff member on secondment is a staff member who, by decision of the Director, has been directed in the interests of the service to serve temporarily in a post outside the Centre.

Secondment in the interests of the service shall be governed by the following rules:

1. (a)

   the decision on secondment shall be taken by the Director after hearing the staff member concerned;

2. (b)

   the duration of secondment shall be determined by the Director;

3. (c)

   at the end of every six months, the staff member concerned may request that the secondment be terminated;

4. (d)

   a staff member on secondment is entitled to receive a differential payment where the total remuneration carried by the post to which he is seconded is less than that carried by his grade and step in the Centre; he shall likewise be entitled to reimbursement of all additional expenses entailed by his secondment;

5. (e)

   a staff member on secondment shall continue to pay pension contributions based on the salary for active employment carried by his grade and step in the Centre;

6. (f)

   a staff member on secondment shall retain his post, his right to advancement to a higher step and his eligibility for promotion;

7. (g)

   when his secondment ends a staff member shall at once be reinstated in the post formerly occupied by him or in the first vacant post corresponding to his grade provided that he satisfies the requirements for that post.