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. 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 Employment terminations.
4. Click Undo to remove the employee's termination.
   
5. When prompted, enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.
6. Click the EOFY finalisation tab.
7. Select the employee you're reinstating and click Remove finalisation and notify the ATO.
   
8. When prompted, enter the name of the Authorised sender and click Send.