Hi Elena,

Employee status in Job Information record derives from FO Event Reason which you select when taking action on employee profile.

You can configure or modify employee status associated with any event reason by following below steps as in my test case I want to modify employee status associated with event reason "Unpaid Maternity/Paternity Leave" to Unpaid Leave, so whenever we take action on any user's Job Info record and select event reason "Unpaid Maternity/Paternity Leave" then employee status on Job record will set as "Unpaid Leave" :

Step 1: Go to Admin Center > Employee Files > Manage Organization Pay and Job Structure

In first Search box drop down Select- Event Reason and in second search box you will find all event reasons that are being configured in your instance,Select "Unpaid Maternity/Paternity Leave ":

Update Employee status field on event reason to "Unpaid Leave" as shown in below screenshot :

Go to Test user and check Employee Status which is set as "Active" as of today :

Go to Take Action > Change Job and Compensation Info and select Event - "Leave of Absence" and Event Reason- "Unpaid Maternity/Paternity Leave" - Employee status will be updated to "Unpaid Leave" in Job Information record of employee "on Save".