Work query - secondments

[Guest2]

I have been seconded onto a team before. This allowed me to better my skillset to be able to apply for a job on said team. Having been on this team now for a few years I am the team lead as others have moved on.

I am now in being asked to be seconded onto another team because this team does now have the knowledge to implement xyz, but I do.

Am I within my rights to either deny secondment (because its not actually a secondment) or request a payrise?

I expect the people on this different team i am being seconded too to provide my help (because of lack of team skillset) will be on a better salary than me.

Thinking about it, its not a secondment, more like i am being contracted out for XX hours per week on the same wage

 

[Guest2]

Its not a new role, its a secondment

 

[Guest2]

Your employer will likely view this as a secondment - most employers don't treat secondments as something that comes with a salary increase.

Doesn't mean you can't ask.

This is what it's being viewed as. Cheaper labor though in my eyes and presume I have the option of turning it down, though it may rock the boat a bit.
Someone else I know at the same company was seconded onto another team for over a year, she asked for a pay-rise and they didn't give her one so she went back to her previous position, then to another job elsewhere no long after

 

[Guest2]

Yes, it can be. But it can also be an excellent way of getting experience and exposure you would not get otherwise.

I've had two significant career changes over the years via secondments.

Same for me, but this 'secondment' just seems like they have hired people who cannot do the work so i am being seconded to do it