With the evolution of global commercial mobility, it has become
a common practice amongst the multinationals to depute their
employees within their group companies or affiliates for rendering
certain services for a specific period of time. It is of utmost
importance that the companies opt for a suitable structure while
deputing their employees as the Indian labour laws are silent on
aspects such as secondment and the relationship is primarily
regulated through contractual arrangements.
The structuring arrangements that may be adopted by a company
for deputing an employee to another company are:
Secondment Arrangement
Under an international secondment arrangement, an employee of
the home country employer ("Secondee")
is transferred to the host country employer, for a specific
assignment and agreed duration. The underlying premise is that the
Secondee will continue to remain employed with the original
employer during the secondment and after completion of
