Summary
How to reinstate an employee from Maternity leave for year end on Sage Pastel Payroll.
Description
When preparing to do your Year end procedure. It's important to reinstate your Maternity Leave employees to ensure that the employee doesn't get removed during the rollover.
Resolution
- Go to Process, Payslips.
- Select the Reinstate button.

- The system will prompt, 'Are you sure you want to reinstate this employee?' – click Yes.
- The system will display the Reinstated Employee message. Select 'Reinstate the employee’s current masterfile' and click OK.
- As this employee still not getting paid, you’ll have to zero out the payslips:
- Change all the amounts to zero on the periodic tabs. If the amount does not want to change, click override and then change the amount to zero
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