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How do I delete terminated employee records?

How do I delete terminated employee records?

Remove terminated employees from Payroll.

When an employee’s record is no longer required, you can delete the entire record, including summary records, from Payroll. Use Delete Inactive Employees to delete records by employee number or you can select terminated employees.

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WARNING! Deleting an employee’s record is permanent. There is no undo to restore the deleted record.

Backing up Payroll

See the help topic titled How do I back up the Payroll database?

 

Deleting inactive employees

1. Open Connect Payroll > Employees > Delete Inactive Employees.

2. Set up the employees to include in the routine.

In Caselle, the Selection Criteria allows you to choose which information to include in routines and reports and display in transaction grids.

3. Click to select the checkbox titled Delete Terminated Employees.

4. Click to select the field titled Terminated Prior To.

5. Enter a date.

The routine will delete all of the employee records with a termination date that occurs on or before the date in this field.

6. Click GO (CTRL+G).

The terminated employee records are deleted.

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