diff --git a/api-payroll/public/html/editEmployee.php b/api-payroll/public/html/editEmployee.php
index 7a8eaa4..9106a66 100644
--- a/api-payroll/public/html/editEmployee.php
+++ b/api-payroll/public/html/editEmployee.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-success " onclick="updateEmployee();">Update</a>
                         <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary " onclick="loadView(currentView);">Clear</a>
+                        <a href="#" class="btn btn-lg btn-danger " onclick="deleteEmployee();">Delete</a>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/api-payroll/public/js/editEmployee.js b/api-payroll/public/js/editEmployee.js
index 2416684..525b885 100644
--- a/api-payroll/public/js/editEmployee.js
+++ b/api-payroll/public/js/editEmployee.js
@@ -134,6 +134,43 @@ function loadEmployeeData(code){
     });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Will change the status of an employee to remove them from the
+ * active employee list
+ */
+function deleteEmployee(){
+    let baseUrl = getbaseUrl();
+    let code = $('#editEmployeeCode').val();
+
+    $.ajax({
+        url: baseUrl + '/api/employee/' + code,
+        type: 'DELETE',
+        dataType: 'json',
+        success:function(data){
+            $('#modalServerResponseSuccess').modal('show');
+            document.getElementById('serverResponseSuccess').innerHTML = 'The employee ' + data['firstName'] + ' ' + data['middleName'] + ' ' + data['lastName'] + ' has been deleted.';
+        },
+        error:function(x,e) {
+            let responseText = $.parseJSON(x["responseText"]);
+
+            if (x.status==0) {
+                $('#modalErrorInternetConnection').modal('show');
+            } else if(x.status==404) {
+                $('#modalError404').modal('show');
+            } else if(x.status==500) {
+                $('#modalServerResponseError').modal('show');
+                document.getElementById('modalResponseError').innerHTML = responseText['message'];
+            } else if(e=='parsererror') {
+                $('#modalErrorParsererror').modal('show');
+            } else if(e=='timeout'){
+                $('#modalErrorTimeout').modal('show');
+            } else {
+                $('#modalErrorOther').modal('show');
+            }
+        },
+    });
+}
+
 function updateEmployee(){
     let baseUrl = getbaseUrl();
 
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php b/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
index 3391ea3..bfd6810 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
@@ -518,9 +518,19 @@ class EmployeeApplication{
         return $response;
     }
 
-    function disableEmployeeRecord($idEmployee){
+    /**
+     * @param $code string
+     * @return array
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    function disableEmployeeRecord($code){
+        $this->asserts->isNotEmpty($code, "The code can't be empty.");
+
+        $idEmployee = $this->getIdEmployeeByCode($code);
         $this->asserts->higherThanZero($idEmployee, "idEmployee must be higher than 0");
 
+        $employeeData = $this->proxyGetEmployeeDataById($idEmployee);
+
         try {
             $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare("UPDATE employees
                                         SET
@@ -532,8 +542,12 @@ class EmployeeApplication{
             $this->pdo->commit();
 
             $stmt = null;
+
+            return $employeeData;
+
         } catch( PDOExecption $e ) {
             $this->pdo->rollback();
+            throw new Exception("The employee you tried to delete could not be found.");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/routes.php b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
index ee0cd6f..2925699 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/routes.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ $app->put('/api/employee', function ($request, $response) {
         ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->updateEmployeeData($requestData)));
 });
 
-$app->DELETE('/api/employee/{idEmployee}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
-    $idEmployee = $args['idEmployee'];
+$app->DELETE('/api/employee/{code}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
+    $code = $args['code'];
 
     return $response->withStatus(200)
         ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-        ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->disableEmployeeRecord($idEmployee)));
+        ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->disableEmployeeRecord($code)));
 });
 
 $app->get('/api/employee/type/{code}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {