Workday Payroll · JSON Structure

Payroll Input Create Adjustment Request Structure

CreateAdjustmentRequest schema from Workday Payroll Input API

Type: object Properties: 9 Required: 3

CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSaaSTax

CreateAdjustmentRequest is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Payroll, describing 9 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

workerId adjustmentType originalPayRunId earningCode deductionCode amount currency reason effectiveDate

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-structure/payroll-input-create-adjustment-request-structure.json",
  "name": "CreateAdjustmentRequest",
  "description": "CreateAdjustmentRequest schema from Workday Payroll Input API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "workerId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Worker identifier",
      "example": "w_100542"
    },
    "adjustmentType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Correction",
        "Retroactive",
        "Reversal",
        "Reclass"
      ],
      "description": "Type of adjustment",
      "example": "Correction"
    },
    "originalPayRunId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Original pay run being adjusted",
      "example": "pr_20260430_weekly_001"
    },
    "earningCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Earning code to adjust",
      "example": "REGULAR"
    },
    "deductionCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Deduction code to adjust",
      "example": "MEDICAL_PRETAX"
    },
    "amount": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Adjustment amount",
      "example": 2500.0
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 4217 currency code",
      "example": "USD"
    },
    "reason": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Reason for the adjustment",
      "example": "Q1 2026 performance bonus"
    },
    "effectiveDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Effective date",
      "example": "2026-04-30"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "workerId",
    "adjustmentType",
    "amount"
  ]
}