Reinstating an employee after 5 years
Apologies for starting another post about reinstating employess, however I've looked through the discussions and couldn't find anything specific to my situation.
An employee was terminated in January 2020. She recommenced employment with us in March 2025. In MYOB AccountRight, I used the same employee card, unticked the Inactive Card box and removed the Termination Date from the Payroll Details tab. I added the new Start Date.
For the first payrun, the ATO returned a STP Report Status as Accepted with errors:
- Cessation reason code must be provided
- Cessation date cannot be before the commencement date
I fixed the Reason Code error easily, however the Cessation date error has remained in the second payrun I have put through.
What should I do now? Do I need to start a new Employee card instead? If so, how should I deal with the existing two payruns under the old Employee card?
Thanks.
Hi Heidi789,
If you're running into this cessation date error after reinstating an employee, you can check this post that might help you: ATO Issue -Cessation date cannot be before commencement date | MYOB Community. It might have the solution you need.
If the problem continues, reach out to our live chat support through our virtual assistant MOCA or submit a case via MyAccount.
Regards,
Sai
