How to stop generating the person number for a dependent during the hire flow

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During the new hire flow, we want system to not allocate the person numbers to the dependents. We want the person number series to be strictly allocated for the employees only.

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We know that this problem exists and we are also pondering on a few solutions but wanted to understand your experience on how you have tackled this scenario in your respective implementations.

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