---
title: "Terminate company employee."
method: POST
path: "/employees/{identifier}/terminate"
tags: ["People"]
---

# Terminate company employee.

`POST /employees/{identifier}/terminate`

This changes the employee’s status to Terminated according to specified termination date. <br /> <p>Explore the <a href="https://apidocs.hibob.com/reference/people">People API</a> main reference page for information about rate limits, permissions, troubleshooting and more.</p>

## Path parameters

- `identifier` string, required

## Request body

- EmployeeTermination
  - `terminationDate` string, date, required — The employee's termination date
  - `terminationReason` string — The ID of the 'terminationReason' list entry
  - `reasonType` string — The ID of the 'lifecycleReasonType' list entry
  - `noticePeriod` object — Notice period length
    - `unit` 'days' | 'weeks' | 'month' | 'years'
    - `length` integer
  - `lastDayOfWork` string, date

## Response `200`

Termination entry added successfully.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/hibob/apis/employee-data-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/hibob/apis/employee-data-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/hibob/employee-data-api/versions/0781ebbdda91/schema)