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Rehire of employee

Wini1010

We have an employee who ended full time employment and was re-hired as a casual, both occurring in this financial year. I terminated the employee when permanent employment ended and lodged an STP which included the cessation date and type and payment of unused annual leave. How do I do the re-hire in Reckon Accounts to achieve the correct result for STP reporting for this financial year? I also need record of the original hire date in Reckon as this remains relevant for things like LSL as the employment is continuous.

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Acctd4

Hi @Wini1010

Note the FT>Casual info/dates in the Employee Notes only, leaving the original Hire Date.

If not removed automatically, you will also need to clear the mandatory Cessation Type selection here too:

“ … Does this mean the termination is effectively removed from STP once I lodge the next pay run, being YTD totals …? “

Yep (not ideal 😬🙄 but as long as there was no ETP, it won’t make any difference)

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Eric Murphy

Was the employee actually terminated if the employment was continuous?

Did they just change from being an FTE to casual? Why would that require a termination?

Wini1010

They resigned from full time employment in one role, with unused leave paid out on termination. They were later re-hired in a different role as a casual. It's continuous employment for Vic LSL because they were re-employed within 12 weeks. How should I do the re-hire in Reckon to ensure correct STP reporting?

Acctd4

As the Rehire feature was removed in the last year or so, the suggested workaround is just to delete the Termination Date. Make a note of the original employment period/termination/re-hire details in the employee's Notes instead.

NOTE: I did point out to Reckon that removal of the Rehire feature is problematic where ETPs are involved as the STP reporting of ETPs is driven by the Termination Date, so removing this, will also remove any previously-submitted ETP data too ! 😩🤦🏻‍♀️

Wini1010

Thanks Shaz. What start date do I record in the employee record then, the original start date or re-hire date? Does this mean the termination is effectively removed from STP once I lodge the next pay run, being YTD totals?

I agree, removal of the rehire feature is problematic!

Wini1010

Also, I removed the termination date as suggested but the employee record still has Status: Terminated as of dd/mm/yyyy. How do I change this?

Acctd4

Hi @Wini1010

Note the FT>Casual info/dates in the Employee Notes only, leaving the original Hire Date.

If not removed automatically, you will also need to clear the mandatory Cessation Type selection here too:

“ … Does this mean the termination is effectively removed from STP once I lodge the next pay run, being YTD totals …? “

Yep (not ideal 😬🙄 but as long as there was no ETP, it won’t make any difference)