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Public secondment: placement and return arrangements

Public-employment mobility should identify the home employer, receiving unit, duration and return arrangements. French civil-service secondment differs from Swiss temporary inter-unit transfer and from posted private-sector work. The placement map connects decisions and agreements without promising return to the identical former post or assuming one public-mobility category carries every safeguard associated with another.

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Which decision and host records exist?

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Keep request, act, duration and host body. Compare original status and host conditions.

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Your question concerns “Public secondment: placement and return arrangements”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?

French law

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Which French public secondment was decided?

L513-1 concerns a position outside the original corps or cadre with retained rights. This is not cross-border posting of a private employee.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

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Which decision and host records exist?

Keep request, act, duration and host body. Compare original status and host conditions.

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Which rights and terms are specified?

The French text concerns advancement and retirement in its scope. It does not guarantee every payment or a particular post.

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Point to complete: Ending and return. Identify actor, ground, date and vacancy. Normal ending, early request and fault-related return are different.

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  1. What ending or early return is requested?

This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.

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What ending or early return is requested?

Identify actor, ground, date and vacancy. Normal ending, early request and fault-related return are different.

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Does French L513-21 apply to every branch?

No. The read territorial no-vacancy and host-pay mechanism is specific and excludes its fault case. Do not generalise it.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

Comparison

Which documents answer which questions?

Which documents answer which questions?
Record or informationIssue to check
Public secondment statusL513-1 concerns a position outside the original corps or cadre with retained rights. This is not cross-border posting of a private employee.
Decision and host bodyKeep request, act, duration and host body. Compare original status and host conditions.
Rights and conditionsThe French text concerns advancement and retirement in its scope. It does not guarantee every payment or a particular post.
Ending and returnIdentify actor, ground, date and vacancy. Normal ending, early request and fault-related return are different.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

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How does Swiss federal temporary assignment differ?

OPers 29 concerns transfer between covered administrative units without necessarily ending the existing contract, with jointly agreed conditions. It is not a French statutory secondment.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

The law

Which official provision helps explain this situation?

Le détachement est la position du fonctionnaire placé hors de son corps ou cadre d'emplois d'origine mais continuant à bénéficier, dans ce corps ou cadre d'emplois, de ses droits à l'avancement et à la retraite.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1In force since 1 March 2022Read on Légifrance

In plain English: No. The read territorial no-vacancy and host-pay mechanism is specific and excludes its fault case. Do not generalise it.

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Which documents belong before return?

Collect origin and host acts, requests, replies and agreed conditions. Neither framework guarantees the same post merely from an oral promise.

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What does the public-assignment map deliver?

It organises status, host, rights and ending. It orders no return and does not address private posted-worker compliance.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

Which decision and host records exist?

Keep request, act, duration and host body. Compare original status and host conditions.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

What ending or early return is requested?

Identify actor, ground, date and vacancy. Normal ending, early request and fault-related return are different.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

Does French L513-21 apply to every branch?

No. The read territorial no-vacancy and host-pay mechanism is specific and excludes its fault case. Do not generalise it.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

Which documents belong before return?

Collect origin and host acts, requests, replies and agreed conditions. Neither framework guarantees the same post merely from an oral promise.

Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrative172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travail172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationService Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaire

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

  1. Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-1Légifrance
  2. Code général de la fonction publique art.L513-21Légifrance
  3. 172.220.111.3 : Art. 29 Changement d’unité administrativeFedlex
  4. 172.220.111.3 : Art. 30 Modification du contrat de travailFedlex
  5. 172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’applicationFedlex
  6. 172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationFedlex
  7. Service Public : Détachement à la demande du fonctionnaireSource officielle

Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026

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