Can I pause paying just one employee for a period of time and then resume paying them again when they return to work with all details and settings staying the same?

Hi there, 

Since this your first post in the Community, I'd like to give you a warm welcome! 

If your employee is going away temporarily, you can make them inactive. This is will ensure your employee doesn't get paid when you run your payroll. To make your employee inactive, follow the steps below: 

1.     Select Employees.
2.     Under Action, select the drop-down beside Edit.
3.     Select Make Inactive.  

Once the employee returns, you can make them active by following these steps: 

1.     Select the Gear icon below Add an employee.
2.     Select Include inactive.
3.     Select Make active.     

By making the employee active, you'll be able to run payroll as you did before and you won't need to edit anything. Let me know you have questions about this. I'm here to help. :) 

What is the Gear icon?

Hi vieiraj,

I'll be happy to clarify this for you. The Gear icon ⚙ is your settings icon that allows you to personalize your books and access great tools to manage your business. After signing into your QuickBooks Online account, you can access it at the top right of your screen. 

I hope this helps! Feel free if you have more questions.