THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
SECONDMENT APPLICATION FORM
If the member of staff is not paid by the School, but their salary is paid directly by an outside body, the
arrangement is termed Secondment. If the salary of the member of staff will be paid directly by an outside body,
the member of staff will be removed from the LSE payroll for the duration of the secondment. Please give precise
dates in section 5 for payroll purposes.
IMPORTANT Please refer to section 6 regarding Superannuation and Payroll information.
The School will attempt to recover overpayments of salary that are made as a result of a failure to complete
this form and to have it returned to Human Resources at least one month before the start of leave.
The leave guidelines are available on the Human Resources website:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/staff/humanResources/reviewingAndRewarding/leave/academicStaffLeave/Ho
me.aspx
Please complete Part A of the form and forward it to the Head of Department well in advance of the starting date
of the proposed secondment.
PART A.
1.
Name: (including title)
2.
Department/Institute:
3.
Availability of your room:
Room Number:
(The Estates Strategy Committee requests that notification is given when leave is taken in order to utilise
space. If there are special circumstances which you feel should be taken into account, please give details
here):
4.
Purpose for which leave is sought:
(Please give full details including full name and address of sponsor (if any)).
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5.
Duration of Secondment:
(a)
Please give the exact dates of the secondment as these will be taken as the dates that your
salary will cease and recommence to be payable by the LSE:
Start of secondment: (Day/Month/Year)
End of secondment: (Day/Month/Year)
(b)
Please full details of the institution you will be seconded to:
(c)
Adjustment of salary and allowances
If you wish to invoke this provision, please give particulars of your financial position.
6.
(a)
USS SUPERANNUATION CONTRIBUTIONS
1. Secondment overseas. If you are working overseas then your USS membership will be
suspended for that time and no pensionable service will accrue. Please contact Jenny
Casey in the Superannuation Office (ext 7093) j.a.casey@lse.ac.uk to discuss your
options. USS regulations have changed, please visit the HR website for more details.
2. Secondment within the UK. If you are going to work for an employer and do not wish to join
their pension scheme, you can ask your temporary employer if they are willing to pay the
USS employer’s costs If they are, then the school will invoice them for the payment during
your absence and at the same time you will be invoiced for your share of the contribution. If
no contributions are remitted to USS then your membership will be suspended until your
return.
USS require signed forms from a member prior to their period of absence and you must contact Jenny Casey
in the Superannuation Office (ext 7093) j.a.casey@lse.ac.uk as soon as your absence has been agreed by the
School to ensure that ill-health and death in service benefits are continued.
(b)
PAYROLL INFORMATION
When a secondment is taken your salary will cease to be payable by the LSE. If you have a salary
sacrifice scheme in place you must contact the Payroll Team (hr.pay.info@lse.ac.uk) in order to
arrange your salary adjustments.
Signed...............................................................................................
Date:........................................................
THIS FORM SHOULD NOW BE SENT TO YOUR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
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PART B To be completed by the HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
(if the Head of Department is in the final year of office, the Head of Department-elect should
complete this form.)
1.
Staff Leave
Can you guarantee that the total level of absences for all reasons during the period of this leave
in your Department/Institute will not exceed what is appropriate to its size and needs? (You are
reminded that the entitlement to Sabbatical Leave is given precedence over other types of
absence.)
YES / NO (Please delete)
2.
Replacement Teaching Cover
(a)
Please provide full details of how it is proposed that the applicant’s teaching, tutorial,
supervisory and administrative duties will be covered while he/she is on leave.
(b)
Will the cost of the replacement teaching be fully covered by the salary savings/external funds
available?
YES / NO (Please delete)
If NO, how do you propose to cover the shortfall?
3.
Benefits of Leave
Please comment on the benefits or otherwise that are likely to accrue both to the applicant and the
department if this leave is granted.
4.
Head of Department’s recommendation (Please delete as applicable)
(a)
I approve this application
(b)
I am unable to approve this application for the following reasons:
Signed:....................................................................
Date: ...............................
THIS FORM SHOULD NOW BE SENT TO THE PAY TEAM, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
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