{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1182/annex/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1182/annex/article-30.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1182",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1182 of 18 July 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Union Institute for Security Studies",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1182",
  "path": "annex/article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A contract staff member on secondment is a contract 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 Institute.\nSecondment in the interests of the service shall be governed by the following rules:\n(a) the decision on secondment shall be taken by the Director after hearing the contract staff member concerned;\n(b) the duration of secondment shall be determined by the Director; initial secondments shall be for a maximum period of six months, renewable for a further maximum period of six months;\n(c) a contract staff member on secondment is entitled to receive a differential payment where the total remuneration carried by the post to which the contract staff member is seconded is less than that carried by his or her grade and step in the Institute; the contract staff member may likewise be entitled to reimbursement of any additional expenses entailed by the secondment, if properly justified;\n(d) where the secondment agreement provides that the Institute is to continue paying the remuneration of the contract staff member throughout the period of secondment, if the latter is entitled to the expatriation allowance and also receives a daily allowance from another source because of the secondment, payment of the expatriation allowance shall cease;\n(e) a contract staff member on secondment shall continue to pay pension contributions based on the salary for active employment carried by his or her grade and step in the Institute;\n(f) a contract staff member on secondment shall retain his or her post, right to advancement to a higher step and eligibility for promotion;\n(g) providing that a contract staff member's contract is still running when his or her secondment ends, a contract staff member shall at once be reinstated in the post formerly occupied by him or her.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1182/annex/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:54.351068+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}