If you need to stop an employee's payment for a period of time or if they will not be in their post for a while, there are two options:
Terminate them and un-terminate when they return to work
Add unpaid leave for the duration of the time they will not be working
Terminate
The first option is to terminate the employee and then un-terminate them when they return to work.
📌 Note: Before proceeding we would recommend speaking to your Payroll Agent as terminating an employee may generate a P45 or have other effects in the Payroll system that you will need to be aware of.
Add unpaid leave
The second option is to add unpaid leave for the employee:
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Click Absence, then Leave.
Click Add Leave.
Select Unpaid Leave from the Absence Category dropdown.
Add in the time period using the First Day of Leave and Last Day of Leave fields.
Enter the number of days the employee will be away in the Working Days field.
Click Save.