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Termination review overview with the final day and final payroll name. Termination review overview with the final day and final payroll name. On Payroll → All pay runs, select Create new → Termination to schedule one employee’s last day and choose how they get final pay. Company Admins and HR Admins can use it. If you create a separate final-pay run, review and submit it with Run payroll.
Every turns on the Personal email field and the Reassign direct reports step company by company. If you don’t see them, email support@every.io to ask about them.

Before you begin

Company Admins and HR Admins run terminations. Finish payroll setup so Create new appears on All pay runs. If the last day falls in the current regular :
  1. On Payroll → All pay runs, select the current run and check its status and whether it includes the employee (see Run payroll).
  2. If that run includes the employee and has Pending, Processing or Submitted status, Return the current run to Draft before you start.
Have the last day and termination reason ready. If the employee is the company’s , you also choose a replacement.

Schedule the termination

1

Open the termination flow

On All pay runs, select Create new → Termination.
2

Choose the employee

In Employee, choose the person leaving. Your own name isn’t offered in the picker.
3

Enter a personal email

When Personal email or Personal email (optional) appears, enter the employee’s personal address. The field is required when your company has connected Okta. You can’t use an address someone else already uses to sign in to Every.
4

Enter the last day

In Date of termination, enter the employee’s last day.
5

Choose the type

In Termination type, choose the type.
6

Choose the reason

In Termination reason, choose the reason.
7

Enter notes for Other

If Termination reason is Other, in Notes enter an explanation.
8

Choose final pay

Choose one of the final-pay options offered for the employee’s pay run. The options depend on the last day, the run’s status and whether the employee is included. Before continuing, see Choose final pay.
9

Choose what happens to corporate cards

When the corporate-card choice appears, choose Yes, close the cards (recommended) or No, keep the cards active.
10

Continue

Select Next.
11

Choose primary managers when prompted

When Reassign direct reports appears, choose a new primary manager for each listed report.
12

Choose secondary managers

Optional: on Reassign direct reports, where a secondary-manager selector appears, choose a new secondary manager for that report.
13

Continue after reassigning reports

If Reassign direct reports appears, select Next to continue.
14

Choose a replacement signatory when prompted

When Choose a new signatory appears, in New signatory choose a person. The replacement takes effect when you confirm the termination, even if the last day is later.
15

Continue after choosing the signatory

If Choose a new signatory appears, select Next after choosing the replacement.
16

Review the termination

On Confirm & proceed, review Final day, Final payroll name and Access restricted in Every.
17

Confirm the termination

On Confirm & proceed, select Confirm & terminate.
On Confirm & proceed, Make changes returns to the previous step. All pay runs with the Create new menu open, listing the kinds of pay run you can create. All pay runs with the Create new menu open, listing the kinds of pay run you can create.

Choose final pay

For a last day within the current regular pay period, the flow offers Yes, create final paycheck if the employee isn’t in that run. If that run includes the employee and has left Draft, Every doesn’t offer Yes, create final paycheck. Schedule a Termination with the employee, last day, termination reason and final-pay choices. Schedule a Termination with the employee, last day, termination reason and final-pay choices.

Return the current run to Draft

On Payroll → All pay runs, select the current run. Make changes is unavailable on or after the Run by date. If the needed control isn’t available, email support@every.io. After the run is in Draft, follow Schedule the termination from the first step. If you had already started this termination, choose the employee and enter their details again.

Submit the final-pay run

If you chose Yes, create final paycheck:
1

Open the final-pay run

After you confirm the termination, on its completion screen select Go to Pay Run.
2

Check the dates

On the final-pay run, review Run by and Pay day.
3

Submit the run

Follow Run payroll to enter any remaining pay, preview the run and select Submit & schedule.
Confirming the termination doesn’t submit the final-pay run.

What happens next

If you chose to pay the employee in the current or next scheduled run, confirming the termination doesn’t submit that run. Review their pay with Run payroll. Submit the run there if it hasn’t been submitted yet and autopilot is off. For a termination effective today or earlier, Every removes the employee’s administrative roles when you confirm. For a future termination, Every removes them on the last day. The employee can still see their past paystubs and tax documents in Every. If you reassigned reports, Every saves those reassignments when you confirm the termination and schedules them for the employee’s last day. For a last day today or earlier, Every processes those reassignments right away. If you chose to close corporate cards, they close when the termination takes effect. Shared-card access is revoked then, whichever you chose. If you entered a personal email, Every switches the employee’s sign-in email to it when the termination takes effect. Their sign-in stays the same if they’re still active at another company on Every or already sign in with that address.

Troubleshoot a termination

If Every shows “Unable to load this employee’s direct reports” or “Unable to check whether this employee signs your tax filings”, Next stays unavailable. Reload the page and try again. If the message stays, email support@every.io. If Every shows “The selected pay run option is no longer available. Review the details and try again.”, review the details and choose final pay again. If Every shows “The termination was saved, but the final paycheck pay run could not be created for this last day.”, email support@every.io.