The Cease Employment Alert (Modal) is displayed when Cease Employment is selected in the Process Page for the required Payee and allows you to enter/select) the Cessation Date and Reason.

Cessation Date allows you to select the date the Payee's employment c, which may also be the date the Payee passed away.

Cessation Reason allows you to select the reason for the Payee's employment ceasing. These options have been provided based on the ATO's STP Phase 2 Requirements.

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.