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Update employment

Updates an employment. Use this endpoint to:

  • modify employment states for testing
  • Backdate employment start dates

This endpoint will respond with a 404 outside of the Sandbox environment.

For updating an employment's parameters outside of testing purposes, use this Employment update endpoint.

patch/v1/sandbox/employments/{employment_id}

Path parameters

employment_idstring required

Employment ID

Headers

Authorizationstring required

Requires a Company-scoped access token obtained through the Authorization Code flow or the Refresh Token flow.

The refresh token needs to have been obtained through the Authorization Code flow.

Request body

provisional_start_datestring date
status'active' | 'created' | 'pre_hire' | 'created_awaiting_reserve' | 'created_reserve_paid' | 'initiated' | 'invited' | 'pending' | 'review' | 'job_title_review' | 'pending_post_self_enrollment_actions' | 'offboarding' | 'archived' | 'deleted'

The current status of the employment record.

  • active: The employee is fully onboarded and actively working.
  • created: The employment has been created but onboarding has not started.
  • pre_hire: A pre-hire employment record, created before formal onboarding begins.
  • created_awaiting_reserve: The employment is created but waiting for a risk reserve deposit to be paid.
  • created_reserve_paid: The risk reserve has been paid and the employment can proceed with onboarding.
  • initiated: Onboarding has been started by the employer.
  • invited: The employee has been invited to complete their self-enrollment on Remote.
  • pending: The employment is pending review or further action before it can become active.
  • review: The employment is under review by Remote (e.g., contract or compliance review).
  • archived: The employment has been terminated or offboarded.
  • deleted: The employment record has been deleted.

Example request

{
  "provisional_start_date": "2024-01-01",
  "status": "active"
}

Response

Success

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "employment": {
      "personal_details": {},
      "manager_email": "john.doe@company.com",
      "provisional_start_date": "2021-07-03",
      "address_details": {},
      "pricing_plan_details": {
        "frequency": "annually"
      },
      "full_name": "Jane Smith",
      "type": "employee",
      "employment_lifecycle_stage": "employee_self_enrollment",
      "administrative_details": {},
      "company_id": "e31adae1-company-id-af5fba7dd803",
      "work_address_details": {},
      "bill_to_legal_entity_id": "663e0b79-c893-45ff-a1b2-f6dcabc098b5",
      "work_email": "jane.smith@company.com",
      "status": "created",
      "updated_at": "2021-07-15T18:18:17Z",
      "basic_information": {},
      "job_title": "Engineer",
      "id": "20a72f86-employment-id-9e4942a902ff",
      "manager": "John Doe",
      "login_email": "jane@smith.com",
      "employment_model": "eor",
      "personal_email": "jane@smith.com",
      "country": {
        "alpha_2_code": "PT",
        "code": "PRT",
        "contractor_products_available": [
          "standard",
          "plus",
          "cor"
        ],
        "country_subdivisions": [
          {
            "code": "PT-06",
            "name": "Coimbra",
            "subdivision_type": "District"
          },
          {
            "code": "PT-11",
            "name": "Lisboa",
            "subdivision_type": "District"
          }
        ],
        "employment_agreement_preview_available": true,
        "eor_onboarding": true,
        "locked_benefits": "after_first_hire",
        "name": "Portugal",
        "region": "Europe",
        "subregion": "Southern Europe",
        "supported_json_schemas": [
          "additional_documents",
          "address_details",
          "administrative_details",
          "employment-basic-information",
          "bank_account_details",
          "contract_details",
          "emergency_contact"
        ]
      },
      "user_status": "active",
      "bank_account_details": [],
      "files": [],
      "engaged_by_legal_entity_id": "663e0b79-c893-45ff-a1b2-f6dcabc098b5",
      "billing_address_details": {},
      "onboarding_tasks": {
        "address_details": {
          "description": "Primary residence.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "administrative_details": {
          "description": "Information we need for tax purposes.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "bank_account_details": {
          "description": "Bank account used for receiving salary payments.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "billing_address_details": {
          "description": "Address associated with the employee's bank account.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "contract_details": {
          "description": "Employee-specific details for their employment agreement.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "emergency_contact_details": {
          "description": "Who should be called in an emergency.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "employment_document_details": {
          "description": "We need some additional documents.",
          "status": "pending"
        },
        "personal_details": {
          "description": "Personal details, such as name and date of birth.",
          "status": "completed"
        },
        "pricing_plan_details": {
          "description": "How often Remote will bill employers for management fees.",
          "status": "completed"
        }
      },
      "contract_details": {},
      "emergency_contact_details": {},
      "eligible_for_onboarding_cancellation": true,
      "manager_employment_id": "20a72f86-employment-id-9e4942a902ff",
      "created_at": "2021-11-11T18:44:39"
    }
  }
}