Creating Contingent Worker In Workday

To create a contingent worker in Workday, you can specify the employmentType as "Contingent Worker". This makes sure that we use the Contract_Contingent_Worker web service in Workday to create a new contingent worker.

curl --location 'https://api.getknit.dev/v1.0/hr.employee.create' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Knit-Integration-Id: <INTEGRATION_ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>' \
--data-raw '{
    "employment": {
        "positionId": "P-09991",
        "designation": "demoDesignation",
        "workShiftId": "NIGHTUSA"
    },
    "firstName": "Vivek",
    "lastName": "Knit",
    "workEmail": "[email protected]",
    "workAddress": {
        "addressLine1": "Street007",
        "addressLine2": "Phase007",
        "country": "USA",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "US-CA",
        "zipCode": "94102"
    },
    "presentAddress": {
        "country": "USA",
        "addressLine1": "Street003",
        "addressLine2": "Phase003",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "US-CA",
        "zipCode": "94102"
    },
    "personalEmails": [
        "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phones": [
        {
            "phoneNumber": "8765432111",
            "type": "WORK"
        },
        {
            "phoneNumber": "8765432222",
            "type": "PERSONAL"
        }
    ],
    "birthDate": "1991-12-31",
    "gender": "MALE",
    "maritalStatus": "Single_USA",
    "startDate": "2025-10-10",
    "employmentType": "Contingent Worker"
}'

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