How do I rehire an employee who was previously terminated

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How do I rehire an employee who was previously terminated?

Author Joel Davis@Microkeeper

Category Employee Profile

Last Modified 25/03/2025

Rehiring an existing employee can be done by following a few steps.

Step 1

Navigate to Menu > Settings > Employees.

Find the person that needs to be rehired.

Change the Active Status field to Active.

Step 2

Clear the Termination Date and set the Cessation Type back to Employed.

Step 3

Depending on Fair Work requirements, change the Start Date and reset the TFND Sign Date.

Step 4

Depending on Fair Work requirements, reviewing the leave balance, once the employee has been rehired and included in a Payrun, review the currently leave balance, personal and long service leave might been to be reset back to 0.

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