Old inactive employee returning to us

@JudyA There is a "Re-Hire" section specifically for the purpose of re-employing someone.  Creating a new record is not recommended as it causes issues with the ATO employee identification because they would have to be allocated a new Employee Number, but would still have the same TFN.

The issue you experienced is NOT related to re-hiring.  It is more likely to be the result of a configuration or technical problem with the STP submission. 

@Kirsten If you right-click on the relevant employee name in your employee list (you may have to select to display "All Employees" or "Released Employees" from the View filter above the list if they've since been made inactive), then click on Hire Employee from the pop up menu, this will generate the wizard within the Employee Organiser which will allow you to retain the previous hire & termination dates AND will also add a secondary (new) "Hire" date:

(NB The 2nd snip is just from the Sample Company File - No Termination Date was entered as the employee wasn't "Terminated" correctly in the system!  If done correctly, the "Release Date" would also be populated & greyed out too)