I also do not have an option to make an employee inactive.  No pencil icon or "action" option.  Is this because we have not yet ran a payroll in QBO?  

Last year we attempted to get everythign set up, but it ended up being a huge mess and had to hold off on using the Payroll option in QBO until the first check of this year.  I had several employees listed that are no longer with our company, and I ended up just completely deleting them as there was no other option.  

For the future, after I run our first payroll, will I then be able to edit should they leave or become inactive?  

Thanks!