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Put an Hourly Contract on Hold

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Jacqueline Pittenger
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You can temporarily and immediately pause a contract to stop a freelancer from logging more hours or wait until you are ready to proceed with the next part of your project.

To pause the contract:

  1. Go to Jobs and find the contract to pause.
  2. Click the Actions button and choose Pause.

To restart the contract:

  1. Go to Jobs and find the paused contract.
  2. Click the Actions button and choose Restart.
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