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# Terminate an employee
> End an employee's service and start the final settlement of their benefit.
Terminate an employee when they leave your organisation for any reason — resignation, retirement, dismissal or the end of a contract. This is how their benefit gets paid.
**Where:** the employee record › **Termination** tab. **Before you start:** check the employee's [payout details](/employer/employees/update-records) and phone number are correct — that is where the benefit will be paid, and **the record is locked after termination**, so they cannot be changed later.
Termination cannot be undone. It ends the employee's service on the platform and starts the final settlement of their benefit.
In the [directory](/employer/employees/directory), select **View** on the employee's row.
1. **Termination date** — the last day of service. It cannot be in the future.
2. **Reason** — for example **Resignation**.
The employee's status changes to **Terminated**, and the **Termination** tab disappears from their record.
## What happens next
It adds the benefit earned in the final part-month, up to the termination date, and prepares a **final settlement** for the full accrued amount.
The settlement goes to your trustee, who checks it against the trust's money.
The platform administrator pays it to the employee's payout account or SmartPay wallet. Once paid, it no longer counts in your total liability.
You do not need to do anything after confirming the termination.
## If termination is refused
Fill in both fields before confirming.
Enter today's date or an earlier one. Record a future leaving date on or after that day.
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