Suspend an item
Qualifiers
An item will no longer be deducted from the Employee's pay because
It has come to it's natural end
The Employee has changed their packaging arrangements
The Employee is leaving or has left
Final Pay Run Date
Make a note of when the final pay run is for this contract. E.g. 15/12/2021
The date may be in the past
It's OK if this is a date in the near future
You can future-date an item you are suspending, the future-dated pay runs and disbursements will still process.
Update the Item
Option A - the current End Date is correct
The item has come to it's natural end
Navigate to Employees / Item
Click on Vary button
Status - change to 'Suspended'
Click on Save button
Option B - the item needs to end now and the End Date is dated in the future
Navigate to Employees / Item
Copy the amount in Deduction Per Pay
Click on Vary button
Remaining Cycles - change to '0'
End Date - this will update and is now blank
Deduction Per Pay - paste in correct amount (it may have recalculated)
Status - change to 'Suspended'
Click on Save button
Deduction Per Pay is adjusted to retain the pre-existing deduction for informational purposes.
Option C - the item needs ends in the future but the End Date needs to change
Navigate to Employees / Item
Copy the amount in Deduction Per Pay
Click on Vary button
End Date - select the date of the final pay run (noted in Final Pay Run Date above)
Deduction Per Pay - paste in correct amount (it may have recalculated)
Status - change to 'Suspended'
Click on Save button
Remaining Cycles will update to match the new End Date you have selected, or you can update Remaining Cycles to get the required End Date.
Deduction Per Pay is adjusted to retain the pre-existing deduction for informational purposes.
If the Disbursement Type is Claim
There may be claims that have been processed and are currently 'Pending Funds' that are scheduled for a payroll deduction and disbursement after the item's Suspend Date.
Contract ID - click on this hyperlink to get to Contracts / Maintenance
Check to see if there are any pending claims
App # - click on pending record to navigate to Contracts / Claim
Review the claim ( use the Funds Check pop-up to review a summary).
If the last pay run has already happened and this claim will not be paid
Click on Delete button to remove the claim record (you may want to advise the employee about this)
If these claims are not deleted, they will be shown on the Claim Checks exception report when the contract's suspend date has passed, until they are deleted.
If the Disbursement Type is Periodic
The payment schedule needs to be updated so that the payments match the billings created up to the item's suspend date.
Contract ID - click on this hyperlink
Navigate to Contracts / Billing
Life Budget Totals - make a note of the Net, GST and Total amounts
Navigate to Contracts / Payments
Click on Vary button
Total Payments - edit to reduce the number of payments so that the Payments Total matches the Life Budget Total
If a part-payment is required - edit and update the values of the remaining pending payment row.
Suspended contracts that don't balance will be shown on the Payment Checks exception report.