The interim adjective is used to describe one or something that, for a certain time, replaces another individual or thing, covering its absence . In the workplace, the idea is linked to the worker who, in the absence of another, assumes a certain function, exercising a position.
For example: “A court ruling orders compensation to be paid to interim employees with more than three years of seniority who are dismissed” , “The national team will have an interim technical director until the end of the year” , “The interim inspector has already made several closures ” .
In the field of sports , we speak of an interim coach to refer to the person who temporarily leads a team. Typically, when the head coach resigns, is fired, or suffers a problem that prevents him from fulfilling his duties, he is replaced by an interim coach until the regular coach resumes his position or another coach is hired.
In boxing , meanwhile, the fighter who obtains a title that is not the usual title of an organization or federation is called interim champion . When the world champion of a division is unable to fight and defend his crown (for legal, medical or other reasons), two highly ranked boxers compete for the interim title . Once the world champion can fight again, he must fight the interim champion so that the winner is the only current champion.
An interim president , on the other hand, is one who assumes the presidency provisionally, until the constitutional president resumes his position or a new president is elected. In exceptional cases, an interim government takes charge of the administration of a State on a provisional basis.
This is included in the concept known as interim administration , although it is also called interim government and interim government . It is, therefore, the performance that an official performs the functions that correspond to another on a temporary basis, to compensate for his absence in office.
The regulation of the interim administration is different in each country. For this reason, we will take the case of Spain as a reference to delve deeper into the concept. There, an interim official is called a public official who receives such an appointment to carry out functions that correspond to a career official, for reasons of urgency and necessity that must be expressed and justified.
In Spain, the selection process for an interim official is made up of certain procedures designed to guarantee respect for the merits of the candidates and equal opportunities, among other fundamental principles. The general regime that governs career officials is the same that interim officials must respect; In fact, the main difference between the two is the duration of their jobs or, rather, the stability of this aspect.
The circumstances that may give rise to the appointment of an interim official are several. Among them the following stand out:
* there is a vacant position but no career official is available to fill it;
* that an owner requires to be replaced temporarily;
* the implementation of temporary programs, whose duration cannot exceed three years although it can be extended for an additional period of twelve months;
* the accumulation or excess of tasks whose term does not exceed six months, all within a period of twelve months.
Regarding the dismissal of an interim official, in principle it occurs when the cause for which he was appointed ends. Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015 is the most recent in this context.