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Add or remove a pay suspension for an employee

You can suspend an employee's pay or remove their payment suspension by following the steps in this article.

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Written by Cristiana Ghinea
Updated over 2 months ago

You can suspend an employee's payment on Education People, which will prevent the employee from being paid from the next payroll export run.

To suspend an employee's pay, please follow the below steps:

  1. Search for the employee and go to their profile.

  2. Click Payroll and select Pay.

  3. In the Pay Details area, on the right, click the Payroll Suspension button.

  4. Clicking Payroll Active or Payroll Suspended will toggle the suspension switch on or off.

  5. Depending on when you would like the suspension to occur, select the correct option in the When? drop down list. 'Now' will suspend the pay immediately whereas 'After this pay run' will suspend the pay for this employee after the next payroll run.

  6. Enter the reason for the suspension within the Why? text box.

  7. Click Save.

  8. If you selected 'Now' in step 5, refresh the profile screen of the employee and you should now see that the Payroll diagnostic light has changed to red indicating that the pay has been suspended.

⚠️ Important: If you require to suspend the pay of an employee, please ensure you also inform your Payroll Executive to ensure they are aware.

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