How to check if player clicked on a specific layer? - unity3d

I have a mobile game with a simple mechanic where player must touch screen to jump. Problem is, if player clicks pause button, character jumps as well. I need to prevent this.
I came up with an idea of creating a square without sprite renderer and cover the area that I want to prevent from click and simply give a layer to that square so I can control if player is not clicking that layer, then jump.
How do I achieve this? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot.

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