To reinstate an employee

1. Go to the Card File command centre and click Cards List.
2. Click the Employee tab.
3. Click the zoom arrow to open the employee's card.
4. On the Profile tab, ensure the employee's details are current and the Inactive Card option is deselected.
5. Click the Payroll Details tab.
6. Click the dropdown arrow next to the Termination Date (to display the calendar) then click Clear. Alternatively, you can highlight the date and press Delete on your keyboard.
7. Change the Start Date to the date the employee is being reinstated.
8. Click through each of the tabs in the employee's card and ensure their details are up to date (Wages, Entitlements, Deductions, etc.). For more details see Enter employee payroll information.
9. (Single Touch Payroll only) Click Save to save your changes.

If you're reinstating an employee in the same payroll year they were terminated

You'll need to undo the employee's termination and their finalisation for Single Touch Payroll reporting. This lets the ATO know the employee has been reinstated and you'll be paying them again.

1. Go to the Payroll command centre and click Payroll Reporting.
2. Click Payroll Reporting Centre.
3. Click Employee Employment terminations.Deselect
4. Remove the finalised employee and remove the Employment End Date.
5. Click Notify the ATO.
Enter your name as the authorised declarer employee's termination. How you do this depends on what you see in the Payroll Reporting Centre.
• If you see an ellipsis button for the employee, click it and choose Remove termination.
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• If you see Undo next to the terminated employee, click it.
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6. When prompted to send your payroll information to the ATO, enter your details and click Send.
7. Click the EOFY finalisation tab.
8. Remove the finalisation. How you do this depends on what you see.
   • If there's an ellipsis Image Added button next to the employee, click it and choose Remove finalisation.
   • If there is no ellipsis button, select the employee and click Remove finalisation and notify the ATO.
9. When prompted to send your payroll information to the ATO, enter your details and click Send.