Cease (Terminate) a Payee in Process (Step 3 of Pay Day)

🎯 The Cessation Reason determines which Pay Types are available in Termination per the Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 requirements.

Select Cease Employment.
When the Cessation Details Alert (Modal) is displayed, select the Cessation Date and Cessation Reason, then select OK.

Cessation Reasons Explained.

Voluntary cessation – an employee resignation, retirement, domestic or pressing necessity or abandonment of employment.
Ill health – an employee resignation due to medical condition that prevents the continuation of employment, such as for illness, ill health, medical unfitness or total permanent disability.
Deceased – the death of an employee.
Redundancy – an employer-initiated termination of employment due to a genuine bona-fide redundancy or approved early retirement scheme, or a non-genuine redundancy.
Dismissal – an employer-initiated termination of employment due to dismissal, inability to perform the required work, misconduct or inefficiency.
Contract cessation – the natural conclusion of a limited employment relationship due to contract/engagement duration or task completion, seasonal work completion, or to cease casuals that are no longer required.
Transfer – the administrative arrangements performed to transfer employees across payroll systems, move them temporarily to another employer (machinery of government for public servants), transfer of business, move them to outsourcing arrangements or other such technical activities.

NEXT STEP: Select the appropriate Termination Pay Rates in Process (Step 3 of Pay Day).

Select the appropriate Termination Pay Rates in Process (Step 3 of Pay Day)

🎯 Per the Australian Taxation Office Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 guidance, the Cessation Reason determines the available Termination Pay Rates. These Pay Rates are only available when the Payee has been Ceased within the Pay Run.

Select the appropriate pay rate in Termination based on the Cessation Reason selected.

Voluntary Cessation, Dismissal, Contract Cessation or Transfer

Unused Annual Leave (after 17 August 1993).
Unused Annual Leave (before 16 August 1993).
Unused Leave Loading (after 17 August 1993).
Unused Leave Loading (before 16 August 1993).
Unused Long Service Leave (after 17 August 1993).
Unused Long Service Leave (16 August 1978 to 17 August 1993).
Unused Long Service Leave (before 16 August 1978).
Payment in Lieu of Notice (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Payment in Lieu of Notice (More than the Cap).
Life Benefit (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Life Benefit (More than the Cap).
Unused Sick and Carer's Leave (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Unused Sick and Carer's Leave (More than the Cap).
Unused Time Off In Lieu (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Unused Time Off In Lieu (More than the Cap).
Unused Rostered Days Off (Equal to or less than the Cap)
Unused Rostered Days Off (More than the Cap)
Employment before 1 July 1983 (Tax Free Component).

Redundancy or Ill Health

Unused Annual Leave (Genuine Redundancy, Invalidity or Early Retirement).
Unused Leave Loading (Genuine Redundancy, Invalidity or Early Retirement).
Unused Long Service Leave (Genuine Redundancy, Invalidity or Early Retirement).
Unused Long Service Leave (before 16 August 1978).
Lump Sum Payment (Genuine Redundancy or Early Retirement).
Payment in Lieu of Notice (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Payment in Lieu of Notice (More than the Cap).
Life Benefit (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Life Benefit (More than the Cap).
Unused Sick and Carer's Leave (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Unused Sick and Carer's Leave (More than the Cap).
Unused Time Off In Lieu (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Unused Time Off In Lieu (More than the Cap).
Unused Rostered Days Off (Equal to or less than the Cap)
Unused Rostered Days Off (More than the Cap)
Employment before 1 July 1983 (Tax Free Component).
Ill Health ONLY - Lump Sum Payment (Invalidity, Tax Free Component).

Deceased

Death Benefit (Tax Free).
Death Benefit (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Death Benefit (More than the Cap).
Death Benefit Sick and Carer's Leave (Tax Free).
Death Benefit Sick and Carer's Leave (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Death Benefit Sick and Carer's Leave (More than the Cap).
Death Benefit Time Off In Lieu (Tax Free).
Death Benefit Time Off In Lieu (Equal to or less than the Cap).
Death Benefit Time Off In Lieu (More than the Cap).
Employment before 1 July 1983 (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Annual Leave (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Bonus (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Breach of Meal Break (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Breach of Rest Break between Shifts (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Casual Loading (OTE, Death Benefit).
Unpaid Casual Loading (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Commission (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Directors' Fees (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Double Time and Half (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Double Time and Quarter (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Double Time (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Government Paid Parental Leave (GPPL) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Leave Loading (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Leave Loading (OTE) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Long Service Leave (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Ordinary Time (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Overtime Bonus (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Payer Paid Parental Leave (PPPL) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Public Holiday (Taken) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Public Holiday (Worked) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Return to Work (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Shift Penalty (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Sick & Carer's Leave (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Sleepover or 24-hour care (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Time and Half (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Time and Quarter (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Time Off In Lieu (Taken) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Training (Ordinary Time) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Training (Overtime) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Travel (Ordinary Time) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Travel (Overtime) (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Triple Time (Death Benefit).
Unpaid Workers Compensation (Death Benefit).
Unused Annual Leave (Death Benefit).
Unused Leave Loading (Death Benefit).
Unused Long Service Leave (Death Benefit).