Create Employee

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Do take a look at Get Position Details API to fetch the list of Position IDs. You should pass the id of the corresponding position that pertains to your use case in the positionId key in this API

Exception: For apps that do not support the Get Position Details API but support this API , please pass in any dummy string as the positionId

Supported Apps

Here are the list of apps that support this API.

AppApp IDNotes
Workdayworkday- State must be an ISO 3166-2 code. Example: US-CA. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2
- Country must be an ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code. Example: USA. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3
Hibobhibob- Hibob only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignored
- workadress.id corresponds to the Work Site in Hibob. To get the list of Work Sites available in Hibob, refer to this example: https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/hibob#get-list-of-work-sites-from-hibob
- The fields not supported by this API for Hibob are:
- employment -> workShiftId
- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeFor more information and request examples, refer to https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/hibob#create-an-employee
Sagesage-hris
Paychexpaychex
Paylocitypaylocity
Paycorpaycor- Paycor only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignored

- workaddress.id corresponds to the Work Location in Paycor

- The fields not supported by this API for Personio are:

- employment -> workshiftId

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- PaygroupDescription

- DepartmentCode

- LegalEntityId

- addressLine1 (This corresponds to the present address of the employee)

- zipCode (This corresponds to the present address of the employee)
BambooHRbamboohr- BambooHR only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignored
- workadress.id corresponds to the Work Location in BambooHR. To get the list of Work Sites available in BambooHR, refer to this example: https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/getting-started-with-bamboohr-api#get-list-of-work-locations-from-bamboohr
- The fields not supported by this API for Hibob are:
- employment -> workShiftId
- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeFor more information and request examples, refer to https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/getting-started-with-bamboohr-api#update-an-employee-details-api-in-bamboohr
Personiopersonio- workaddress.id corresponds to the Office Location in Personio

- The fields not supported by this API for Personio are:

- employment -> workshiftId

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCode

- personalEmailsFor more information and request examples, refer to https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/getting-started-with-personio-hris-api#create-an-employee-in-personio-api
Darwinboxdarwinbox- Darwinbox only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignored

- workaddress.id corresponds to the Office Location Work Area Code in Darwinbox

- The fields not supported by this API for Darwinbox are:

- employment -> workshiftId

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- Selfservice

- Date of Joining

- Date of Birth

- Employee Type

- Gender
Kekakeka- workaddress.id corresponds to the Location in Keka

- The fields not supported by this API for Keka are:

- employment

- personalEmails

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- gender

- dateOfBirth

- dateJoined

- employeeNumber (This is a user generated employee identifier eg, employee number, and is different from the internal identifier used by the app)

- department

- businessUnit
Zoho Peoplezoho-people- Zoho People only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignored

- The fields not supported by this API for Zoho People are:

- employment -> workShiftId

- workAddressYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- employeeId (This is a user generated employee identifier eg, employee number, and is different from the internal identifier used by the app)
SAP SuccessfactorssuccessfactorsTo know more about which parameters are supported and request examples, please refer to: https://developers.getknit.dev/docs/create-employee-api-sap-successfactors
Oracle Cloud HCMoracle-hcm- Oracle Cloud HCM only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignoredYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- LegalEntityId
RemoteremoteThe fields not supported by this API for Remote are:

- personalEmails

- employment->workshiftIdYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- provisional_start_date

- has_seniority_date
Humaanshumaans- Humaans only takes in 1 personal email for an employee. If you pass more than one email, only the first will be taken and rest will be ignoredThe fields not supported by this API for Remote are:

- employment->workshiftId

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- employmentStartDate
BreathebreatheHR- workaddress.id corresponds to the Site. The fields not supported by this API for Remote are:

- employment->workshiftId

- personalEmails

- workAddress -> addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, country, zipCodeYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- company_join_date
7shifts7shiftsYou must include the following fields in the metadata field:

- departmentId
Alexis HRalexishr
PayFitpayfitworkAddress in knit payload corresponds to personalAddress of a collaborator in PayFit
UKG Readyukgready
IRIS Cascadeiriscascade
People HRpeopleHR
Kalliduskallidus
Lucca HRluccahr
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