Meaning of secondee | Babel Free
sɪˌkɒnˈdiːDefinitions
A person who is seconded (“transferred temporarily to alternative employment”). .
Commonwealth, UK
Equivalents
Français
secondée
Examples
“At the very least, the government should consider⟳ restricting the emigration of skilled people who are in short supply⟳ and extend⟳ its monitoring system to include⟳ emigrating graduates of vocational and higher institutes, as well as government secondees and people officially contracted to work⟳ abroad.”
“Operator shall engage⟳ or retain⟳ only such employees, Secondees, contractors, consultants and agents as are reasonably necessary to conduct Joint Operations. For the purposes of this Article 4.3, "Secondee" means an employee of a Non-Operator (or its Affiliate) who is seconded to Operator to provide⟳ services under a secondment agreement to be negotiated and entered into between Operator and such Non-Operator; […]”
“In the above situation secondees from the back-offices were put⟳ in the contact⟳ centre environment, however their knowledge was not exploited to complement and enhance the quality of the end-user training.”
“[Andrew] Haines pointed out that GBR [Great British Railways] in fact has a team of about 50 people currently, while [Peter] Hendy was quick to refute the Telegraph's claim⟳: "The vast majority [of GBR employees] are secondees from other parts of the railway. There aren't 200 people just being recruited to set⟳ up some monolithic organisation. There's a whole range of secondees from all over the place⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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