--- title: "Create an employee" method: POST path: "/employees" tags: ["Employees"] --- # Create an employee `POST /employees` Creates an `employee` with the linked `employer`. If the `employer` has an active health insurance scheme that automatically provides insurance to employees the `employee` will be enrolled. ## Headers - `Idempotency-Key` string - `X-Platform-Id` string ## Request body - CreateEmployeeRequest - `employer_id` string, required - `external_customer_id` string, nullable — A unique identifier assigned by the Employer of Record (EoR) platform to the Customer (i.e. the company using the EoR service) for which the employee is employed. This ID groups employees under this Customer, enabling the aggregation of contribution reporting and other values per Customer rather than per legal entity. This parameter is only required for EoR platforms. - `first_name` string, required — It can include the middle name. Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `last_name` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `date_of_birth` string, date, required — Must be in the past, but after 1900-01-01 - `sex_at_birth` 'male' | 'female', required - `home_address` AddressModel, required - `line1` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `line2` string, nullable — NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `line3` string, nullable — NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `city` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `state` string, nullable — Required for United States (State), and Canada (Province). NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `postal_code` string, required — Must not be empty, and a valid postal code for the specified country. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `country_code` 'af' | 'ax' | 'al' | 'dz' | 'as' | 'ad' | 'ao' | 'ai' | 'aq' | 'ag' | 'ar' | 'am' | 'aw' | 'au' | 'at' | 'az' | 'bs' | 'bh' | 'bd' | 'bb' | 'by' | 'be' | 'bz' | 'bj' | 'bm' | 'bt' | 'bo' | 'bq' | 'ba' | 'bw' | 'bv' | 'br' | 'io' | 'bn' | 'bg' | 'bf' | 'bi' | 'cv' | 'kh' | 'cm' | 'ca' | 'ky' | 'cf' | 'td' | 'cl' | 'cn' | 'cx' | 'cc' | 'co' | 'km' | 'cg' | 'cd' | 'ck' | 'cr' | 'ci' | 'hr' | 'cu' | 'cw' | 'cy' | 'cz' | 'dk' | 'dj' | 'dm' | 'do' | 'ec' | 'eg' | 'sv' | 'gq' | 'er' | 'ee' | 'sz' | 'et' | 'fk' | 'fo' | 'fj' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gf' | 'pf' | 'tf' | 'ga' | 'gm' | 'ge' | 'de' | 'gh' | 'gi' | 'gr' | 'gl' | 'gd' | 'gp' | 'gu' | 'gt' | 'gg' | 'gn' | 'gw' | 'gy' | 'ht' | 'hm' | 'va' | 'hn' | 'hk' | 'hu' | 'is' | 'in' | 'id' | 'ir' | 'iq' | 'ie' | 'im' | 'il' | 'it' | 'jm' | 'jp' | 'je' | 'jo' | 'kz' | 'ke' | 'ki' | 'kp' | 'kr' | 'xk' | 'kw' | 'kg' | 'la' | 'lv' | 'lb' | 'ls' | 'lr' | 'ly' | 'li' | 'lt' | 'lu' | 'mo' | 'mg' | 'mw' | 'my' | 'mv' | 'ml' | 'mt' | 'mh' | 'mq' | 'mr' | 'mu' | 'yt' | 'mx' | 'fm' | 'md' | 'mc' | 'mn' | 'me' | 'ms' | 'ma' | 'mz' | 'mm' | 'na' | 'nr' | 'np' | 'nl' | 'nc' | 'nz' | 'ni' | 'ne' | 'ng' | 'nu' | 'nf' | 'mk' | 'mp' | 'no' | 'om' | 'pk' | 'pw' | 'ps' | 'pa' | 'pg' | 'py' | 'pe' | 'ph' | 'pn' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'pr' | 'qa' | 're' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'rw' | 'bl' | 'sh' | 'kn' | 'lc' | 'mf' | 'pm' | 'vc' | 'ws' | 'sm' | 'st' | 'sa' | 'sn' | 'rs' | 'sc' | 'sl' | 'sg' | 'sx' | 'sk' | 'si' | 'sb' | 'so' | 'za' | 'gs' | 'ss' | 'es' | 'lk' | 'sd' | 'sr' | 'sj' | 'se' | 'ch' | 'sy' | 'tw' | 'tj' | 'tz' | 'th' | 'tl' | 'tg' | 'tk' | 'to' | 'tt' | 'tn' | 'tr' | 'tm' | 'tc' | 'tv' | 'ug' | 'ua' | 'ae' | 'gb' | 'um' | 'us' | 'uy' | 'uz' | 'vu' | 've' | 'vn' | 'vg' | 'vi' | 'wf' | 'eh' | 'ye' | 'zm' | 'zw', required - `nationality` 'af' | 'ax' | 'al' | 'dz' | 'as' | 'ad' | 'ao' | 'ai' | 'aq' | 'ag' | 'ar' | 'am' | 'aw' | 'au' | 'at' | 'az' | 'bs' | 'bh' | 'bd' | 'bb' | 'by' | 'be' | 'bz' | 'bj' | 'bm' | 'bt' | 'bo' | 'bq' | 'ba' | 'bw' | 'bv' | 'br' | 'io' | 'bn' | 'bg' | 'bf' | 'bi' | 'cv' | 'kh' | 'cm' | 'ca' | 'ky' | 'cf' | 'td' | 'cl' | 'cn' | 'cx' | 'cc' | 'co' | 'km' | 'cg' | 'cd' | 'ck' | 'cr' | 'ci' | 'hr' | 'cu' | 'cw' | 'cy' | 'cz' | 'dk' | 'dj' | 'dm' | 'do' | 'ec' | 'eg' | 'sv' | 'gq' | 'er' | 'ee' | 'sz' | 'et' | 'fk' | 'fo' | 'fj' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gf' | 'pf' | 'tf' | 'ga' | 'gm' | 'ge' | 'de' | 'gh' | 'gi' | 'gr' | 'gl' | 'gd' | 'gp' | 'gu' | 'gt' | 'gg' | 'gn' | 'gw' | 'gy' | 'ht' | 'hm' | 'va' | 'hn' | 'hk' | 'hu' | 'is' | 'in' | 'id' | 'ir' | 'iq' | 'ie' | 'im' | 'il' | 'it' | 'jm' | 'jp' | 'je' | 'jo' | 'kz' | 'ke' | 'ki' | 'kp' | 'kr' | 'xk' | 'kw' | 'kg' | 'la' | 'lv' | 'lb' | 'ls' | 'lr' | 'ly' | 'li' | 'lt' | 'lu' | 'mo' | 'mg' | 'mw' | 'my' | 'mv' | 'ml' | 'mt' | 'mh' | 'mq' | 'mr' | 'mu' | 'yt' | 'mx' | 'fm' | 'md' | 'mc' | 'mn' | 'me' | 'ms' | 'ma' | 'mz' | 'mm' | 'na' | 'nr' | 'np' | 'nl' | 'nc' | 'nz' | 'ni' | 'ne' | 'ng' | 'nu' | 'nf' | 'mk' | 'mp' | 'no' | 'om' | 'pk' | 'pw' | 'ps' | 'pa' | 'pg' | 'py' | 'pe' | 'ph' | 'pn' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'pr' | 'qa' | 're' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'rw' | 'bl' | 'sh' | 'kn' | 'lc' | 'mf' | 'pm' | 'vc' | 'ws' | 'sm' | 'st' | 'sa' | 'sn' | 'rs' | 'sc' | 'sl' | 'sg' | 'sx' | 'sk' | 'si' | 'sb' | 'so' | 'za' | 'gs' | 'ss' | 'es' | 'lk' | 'sd' | 'sr' | 'sj' | 'se' | 'ch' | 'sy' | 'tw' | 'tj' | 'tz' | 'th' | 'tl' | 'tg' | 'tk' | 'to' | 'tt' | 'tn' | 'tr' | 'tm' | 'tc' | 'tv' | 'ug' | 'ua' | 'ae' | 'gb' | 'um' | 'us' | 'uy' | 'uz' | 'vu' | 've' | 'vn' | 'vg' | 'vi' | 'wf' | 'eh' | 'ye' | 'zm' | 'zw' - `national_tax_id` string, required — PPSN in Ireland, NINo in the UK, DNI/NIE in Spain. Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `start_on` string, date, required — Employment start date. Must be after 1900-01-01, can be in the future - `earliest_benefits_start_date` string, date, nullable — The earliest date this employee can be enrolled in any benefits. Before this date, the employee remains in a Pending state and is excluded from benefit activation. **Constraints:** - Must be a valid date. - Ignored for statutory schemes where immediate coverage is legally required. Example: Local Netherlands and UAE schemes. - `phone_number` string, required — Phone number in E.164 international format (e.g. +447700900999). NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `email` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `bank_account` CreateEmployeeBankAccount - `account_number` string, required — Account number in IBAN format. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `metadata` object, nullable — Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Maximum 25 keys. Individual keys can be up to 40 characters and values up to 500 characters. ## Response `200` OK - EmployeeResponse - `platform_id` string — Unique identifier for the platform - `id` string — Unique identifier for the employee - `employer_id` string — Unique identifier for the employer - `status` 'pending' | 'active' | 'offboarding' | 'inactive' | 'restricted' - `external_customer_id` string, nullable — A unique identifier assigned by the Employer of Record (EoR) platform to the Customer (i.e. the company using the EoR service) for which the employee is employed. This ID groups employees under this Customer, enabling the aggregation of contribution reporting and other values per Customer rather than per legal entity. This parameter is only available to EoR platforms. - `first_name` string, required — First name of the employee. It can include the middle name - `last_name` string, required — Last name of the employee - `date_of_birth` string, date, required — Date of birth of the employee - `sex_at_birth` 'male' | 'female', required - `home_address` AddressModel - `line1` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `line2` string, nullable — NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `line3` string, nullable — NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `city` string, required — Must not be empty. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `state` string, nullable — Required for United States (State), and Canada (Province). NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `postal_code` string, required — Must not be empty, and a valid postal code for the specified country. NOTE: This field will be normalized according to our internal formatting rules. - `country_code` 'af' | 'ax' | 'al' | 'dz' | 'as' | 'ad' | 'ao' | 'ai' | 'aq' | 'ag' | 'ar' | 'am' | 'aw' | 'au' | 'at' | 'az' | 'bs' | 'bh' | 'bd' | 'bb' | 'by' | 'be' | 'bz' | 'bj' | 'bm' | 'bt' | 'bo' | 'bq' | 'ba' | 'bw' | 'bv' | 'br' | 'io' | 'bn' | 'bg' | 'bf' | 'bi' | 'cv' | 'kh' | 'cm' | 'ca' | 'ky' | 'cf' | 'td' | 'cl' | 'cn' | 'cx' | 'cc' | 'co' | 'km' | 'cg' | 'cd' | 'ck' | 'cr' | 'ci' | 'hr' | 'cu' | 'cw' | 'cy' | 'cz' | 'dk' | 'dj' | 'dm' | 'do' | 'ec' | 'eg' | 'sv' | 'gq' | 'er' | 'ee' | 'sz' | 'et' | 'fk' | 'fo' | 'fj' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gf' | 'pf' | 'tf' | 'ga' | 'gm' | 'ge' | 'de' | 'gh' | 'gi' | 'gr' | 'gl' | 'gd' | 'gp' | 'gu' | 'gt' | 'gg' | 'gn' | 'gw' | 'gy' | 'ht' | 'hm' | 'va' | 'hn' | 'hk' | 'hu' | 'is' | 'in' | 'id' | 'ir' | 'iq' | 'ie' | 'im' | 'il' | 'it' | 'jm' | 'jp' | 'je' | 'jo' | 'kz' | 'ke' | 'ki' | 'kp' | 'kr' | 'xk' | 'kw' | 'kg' | 'la' | 'lv' | 'lb' | 'ls' | 'lr' | 'ly' | 'li' | 'lt' | 'lu' | 'mo' | 'mg' | 'mw' | 'my' | 'mv' | 'ml' | 'mt' | 'mh' | 'mq' | 'mr' | 'mu' | 'yt' | 'mx' | 'fm' | 'md' | 'mc' | 'mn' | 'me' | 'ms' | 'ma' | 'mz' | 'mm' | 'na' | 'nr' | 'np' | 'nl' | 'nc' | 'nz' | 'ni' | 'ne' | 'ng' | 'nu' | 'nf' | 'mk' | 'mp' | 'no' | 'om' | 'pk' | 'pw' | 'ps' | 'pa' | 'pg' | 'py' | 'pe' | 'ph' | 'pn' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'pr' | 'qa' | 're' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'rw' | 'bl' | 'sh' | 'kn' | 'lc' | 'mf' | 'pm' | 'vc' | 'ws' | 'sm' | 'st' | 'sa' | 'sn' | 'rs' | 'sc' | 'sl' | 'sg' | 'sx' | 'sk' | 'si' | 'sb' | 'so' | 'za' | 'gs' | 'ss' | 'es' | 'lk' | 'sd' | 'sr' | 'sj' | 'se' | 'ch' | 'sy' | 'tw' | 'tj' | 'tz' | 'th' | 'tl' | 'tg' | 'tk' | 'to' | 'tt' | 'tn' | 'tr' | 'tm' | 'tc' | 'tv' | 'ug' | 'ua' | 'ae' | 'gb' | 'um' | 'us' | 'uy' | 'uz' | 'vu' | 've' | 'vn' | 'vg' | 'vi' | 'wf' | 'eh' | 'ye' | 'zm' | 'zw', required - `nationality` 'af' | 'ax' | 'al' | 'dz' | 'as' | 'ad' | 'ao' | 'ai' | 'aq' | 'ag' | 'ar' | 'am' | 'aw' | 'au' | 'at' | 'az' | 'bs' | 'bh' | 'bd' | 'bb' | 'by' | 'be' | 'bz' | 'bj' | 'bm' | 'bt' | 'bo' | 'bq' | 'ba' | 'bw' | 'bv' | 'br' | 'io' | 'bn' | 'bg' | 'bf' | 'bi' | 'cv' | 'kh' | 'cm' | 'ca' | 'ky' | 'cf' | 'td' | 'cl' | 'cn' | 'cx' | 'cc' | 'co' | 'km' | 'cg' | 'cd' | 'ck' | 'cr' | 'ci' | 'hr' | 'cu' | 'cw' | 'cy' | 'cz' | 'dk' | 'dj' | 'dm' | 'do' | 'ec' | 'eg' | 'sv' | 'gq' | 'er' | 'ee' | 'sz' | 'et' | 'fk' | 'fo' | 'fj' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gf' | 'pf' | 'tf' | 'ga' | 'gm' | 'ge' | 'de' | 'gh' | 'gi' | 'gr' | 'gl' | 'gd' | 'gp' | 'gu' | 'gt' | 'gg' | 'gn' | 'gw' | 'gy' | 'ht' | 'hm' | 'va' | 'hn' | 'hk' | 'hu' | 'is' | 'in' | 'id' | 'ir' | 'iq' | 'ie' | 'im' | 'il' | 'it' | 'jm' | 'jp' | 'je' | 'jo' | 'kz' | 'ke' | 'ki' | 'kp' | 'kr' | 'xk' | 'kw' | 'kg' | 'la' | 'lv' | 'lb' | 'ls' | 'lr' | 'ly' | 'li' | 'lt' | 'lu' | 'mo' | 'mg' | 'mw' | 'my' | 'mv' | 'ml' | 'mt' | 'mh' | 'mq' | 'mr' | 'mu' | 'yt' | 'mx' | 'fm' | 'md' | 'mc' | 'mn' | 'me' | 'ms' | 'ma' | 'mz' | 'mm' | 'na' | 'nr' | 'np' | 'nl' | 'nc' | 'nz' | 'ni' | 'ne' | 'ng' | 'nu' | 'nf' | 'mk' | 'mp' | 'no' | 'om' | 'pk' | 'pw' | 'ps' | 'pa' | 'pg' | 'py' | 'pe' | 'ph' | 'pn' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'pr' | 'qa' | 're' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'rw' | 'bl' | 'sh' | 'kn' | 'lc' | 'mf' | 'pm' | 'vc' | 'ws' | 'sm' | 'st' | 'sa' | 'sn' | 'rs' | 'sc' | 'sl' | 'sg' | 'sx' | 'sk' | 'si' | 'sb' | 'so' | 'za' | 'gs' | 'ss' | 'es' | 'lk' | 'sd' | 'sr' | 'sj' | 'se' | 'ch' | 'sy' | 'tw' | 'tj' | 'tz' | 'th' | 'tl' | 'tg' | 'tk' | 'to' | 'tt' | 'tn' | 'tr' | 'tm' | 'tc' | 'tv' | 'ug' | 'ua' | 'ae' | 'gb' | 'um' | 'us' | 'uy' | 'uz' | 'vu' | 've' | 'vn' | 'vg' | 'vi' | 'wf' | 'eh' | 'ye' | 'zm' | 'zw' - `national_tax_id` string, required — PPSN in Ireland, NINo in the UK, DNI/NIE in Spain - `start_on` string, date — Employment start date - `earliest_benefits_start_date` string, date, nullable — The earliest date this employee can be enrolled in any benefits. Before this date, the employee remains in a Pending state and is excluded from benefit activation. Ignored for statutory schemes where immediate coverage is legally required. Example: Local Netherlands and UAE schemes. - `phone_number` string, required — Phone number in E.164 international format (e.g. +447700900999) - `email` string, required — Email address of the employee - `offboard_on` string, date-time, nullable — Date when the employee was or will be offboarded - `bank_account` EmployeeBankAccount - `account_number_last4` string, required — Last 4 digits of the account number - `metadata` object, nullable — Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Maximum 25 keys. Individual keys can be up to 40 characters and values up to 500 characters. - `object` string — The object type ## Other responses - `400` — Bad Request --- [API](https://skmtc.net/kota/apis/kota-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/kota/apis/kota-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/kota/kota-api/versions/7b8b3ed87c96/schema)