How do I rehire an employee when the "add a space" doesn't work? It rejects the new hire because it has the same SS number.

Thanks for choosing QuickBooks, john159.

You can set the employment status of your rehired employees to active. Let me walk you through the steps.

1. Click Workers on the left menu.
2. Select Employees.
3. Under Action, select the drop-down arrow beside Edit.
4. Select Make Inactive.

For future reference, please check this article for more information about setting up payroll: Getting Started With Payroll.

If there's anything else that you want to help us with, please let us know so I can assist you.

I have the same question as john159.  We are rehiring dome employees after having to terminate them due to COVID-19.  I want to set them up with the new hire date but keep the onl hire and termination dates in the system.  Is there a way to do that?  Why isn't there a "rehire" option for employment status?

Hello there, @Adrienne5!

You can reactivate the status of your employees so you can rehire them.

1. Go to Workers.
2. Select Employees.
3. Find the employee you wanted to rehire.
4. Under STATUS, select the Terminated menu.
5. Click Active.

Lastly, here's a few articles you can read for ideas about how you can manage your payroll and transactions: Help Articles for QuickBooks Online Payroll.

If there's anything else that I can help you with, let me know in the comments. I'll be here to lend a helping hand.