If your business runs on seasons, for example a ski resort that wins down over summer or a beachside venue which goes quiet in winter, you know the annual grind of offloading those temporary staff you bring in for the busy period and hiring them back once the season turns again. 

What’s New ✨

Until now when using Deputy Payroll, you have been required to fully terminate team members to keep them out of your payruns only to add the returning staff back in to the business again in a few months. You can now pause a team member in Deputy Payroll instead. A paused team member is taken out of your payruns and you're not charged for them as active staff but their profile, pay history and payroll reporting all stay intact. When they return again, one click brings them back fully into service as if they had never left.

How does it work?

1. With Deputy Payroll Australia enabled, open the employee profile and go to the Personal tab. 

2. Click the Archive team member button

3. The above dialog will display, if the employee is intended to return in the future, select the Pause employment option and hit archive.

The employee will now be paused, and no longer appear in payruns or schedules.

Why you will love it?

Keep your seasonal teams, and use Deputy Payroll without the additional admin: No more terminating and re-onboarding people who were always coming back to the business in the next season.

Pay only for the people are working: We do not bill for Paused team members allowing you to reduce costs alongside reduced revenue during the off seasons.

Nothing is lost: Pay history and reporting are preserved, so year end compliance and reporting stays complete.

When will it be available?

Pausing employees is available now to all Deputy Payroll Australia customers.