Take an employee off payroll

To stop paying an employee, temporarily or permanently, you can change their employment status so they don't appear when you run payroll. The employee's tax details, pay history, and Record of Employment information are stored making it easy to reactivate them at a later date.

To temporarily take an employee off the payroll:

1. In the left navigation bar, click Employees.

2. Click the name of the employee you want to remove from payroll, and then click Edit employee.
3. Click Employment.
4. Select the employee's status (change it from Active) from the Status drop-down.
   
5. Click Done.

If your employee returns to work, change their status back to Active so that you can pay them again.

See also

• What about taxes and forms for previously terminated employees?
• What to do when an employee leaves or is terminated

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