Which term denotes a legal document drawn up by an employer that allows an employee to work for another company for a set period?

• A. Secondary agreement
• B. Employment Contract in China
• C. L-1 visa
• D. Short-term assignments

Answer: (A)

A secondment arrangement lets an employee work for another company for a fixed period while still being employed by the original employer, and it is typically formalized by a secondary agreement. This document is crafted to govern the specifics of the temporary assignment—how long it lasts, what the employee’s duties will be, who supervises them, how compensation and benefits are handled, and what happens when the assignment ends and the employee returns to their original role. That makes secondary agreement the best fit because it directly denotes the formal, legally binding instrument that authorizes and regulates the temporary cross-company work arrangement. The other options don’t fit as well: a standard Employment Contract in China describes general terms of employment in China, not a temporary assignment to another company; an L-1 visa concerns immigration status for intra-company transfers to a different country, not a document created by the employer to authorize a set-period external assignment; and short-term assignments describe the nature of the work rather than the specific legal instrument that governs the arrangement.