Salsa

Salsa Workers API

Employees and contractors.

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Business capability

HR Operations Management BC-300.70

Operations 9

POST /employers/{employerId}/workers Create a worker #

GET /employers/{employerId}/workers Retrieve an employer's workers #

GET /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId} Retrieve a worker #

PATCH /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId} Update a worker #

DELETE /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId} Delete a worker #

GET /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/contracts List a worker's contracts #

POST /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/contracts Create a worker contract (W-2 employee or 1099 contractor terms) #

GET /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/bank-accounts List a worker's bank accounts #

POST /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/bank-accounts Create a bank account for a worker #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Salsa Payroll Workers API
  description: Representative OpenAPI description of the Salsa embedded payroll REST API.
  termsOfService: https://www.salsa.dev/legal
  contact:
    name: Salsa Support
    url: https://docs.salsa.dev/
  version: rest-v1
servers:
- url: https://api.salsa.dev/api/rest/v1
  description: Production (partner production API key)
- url: https://api.sandbox.salsa.dev/api/rest/v1
  description: Sandbox (partner sandbox API key)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Workers
  description: Employees and contractors.
paths:
  /employers/{employerId}/workers:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    post:
      operationId: createWorker
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Create a worker
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkerCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Worker created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Worker'
    get:
      operationId: listWorkers
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Retrieve an employer's workers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of workers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Worker'
  /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorkerId'
    get:
      operationId: getWorker
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Retrieve a worker
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The worker.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Worker'
    patch:
      operationId: updateWorker
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Update a worker
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkerCreate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated worker.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteWorker
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Delete a worker
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
  /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/contracts:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorkerId'
    get:
      operationId: listWorkerContracts
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: List a worker's contracts
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of contracts.
    post:
      operationId: createWorkerContract
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Create a worker contract (W-2 employee or 1099 contractor terms)
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Contract created.
  /employers/{employerId}/workers/{workerId}/bank-accounts:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorkerId'
    get:
      operationId: listWorkerBankAccounts
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: List a worker's bank accounts
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of bank accounts.
    post:
      operationId: createWorkerBankAccount
      tags:
      - Workers
      summary: Create a bank account for a worker
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Bank account created.
components:
  schemas:
    WorkerCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - firstName
      - lastName
      - workerType
      properties:
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        workerType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EMPLOYEE
          - CONTRACTOR
    Worker:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        employerId:
          type: string
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        workerType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EMPLOYEE
          - CONTRACTOR
        onboardingStatus:
          type: string
  parameters:
    EmployerId:
      name: employerId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The employer (company) identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
    WorkerId:
      name: workerId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The worker identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Partner Bearer API key. Approved Salsa platform partners receive separate sandbox and production keys. Send as `Authorization: Bearer ${YOUR_API_TOKEN}`.'