Sync Employee functions (REST)

Overview

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The add and update of employee records is managed by a separate action, rather than an action applied to the employee record, this allows greater granularity in validation, and to provide greater flexibility in how the information is provided and updated. The data submitted for the syncemployee function breaks down into the following groups:

  • Personal Information
  • Bank Account Information
  • Tax Information
  • Payroll Information
  • Pay Components
  • Custom
Sync Employee function

The personal information should always be included in the create and subsequent updates and the values are compared against the existing record to decide whether to update or not. For the other groups they will only be validated and updated if they are included in the request. So as an example you may specify the tax details in the first create and then never submit them again so you would not include the tax group.

Personal Information

The personal information should always be included in the create and subsequent updates and the values are compared against the existing record to decide whether to update or not.

Request FieldDescriptionNetSuite IDMemo
idNetsuite Internal Idinternalidif set query will be treated as an update
salutationSalutation (Mr, Mrs etc)salutation
firstnameFirst name of employeefirstname
lastnameLast name of employeelastname
jobtitlePosition Title / Job Titlecustentity_pr_position_title, titlefield will be compared against existing job titles and will be added if not found (e.g Junior Developer). Also sets the standard field Job Title
emailemailemailwill also be populated into email for payslip field
gendergendergenderm or f (note: if M or F is sent the field will be set to lower case)
phonephone numberphone
mobilephonemobile numbermobilephone
hiredatedate of start of employmenthiredate
birthdatedate of birthbirthdate
subsidiarysubsidiarysubsidiaryNetSuite One World Only
departmentdepartmentdepartmentinternal id of the netsuite department
classificationclassificationclassificationinternalid of the netsuite classification
locationlocationlocationinternalid of the netsuite location
address.address1first line of residential addressaddressbook.addr1
address.address2second line of residential addressaddressbook.addr2
address.address3third line of residential addressaddressbook.addr3
address.citycitycitySydney, Melbourne, etc
address.statestatestateNSW, QLD, SA, NT, TAS, VIC, WA
address.zippostcodezip2046
address.countrycountrycountryshould be set to AU


The following example shows a request to create a new employee passing basic personal details.


Example Employee Sync Request
{
"action" : "function",
"function" : "syncemployee",
"data" : {
        "externalid": "REST-SAMPLE-1",
        "salutation": "Miss",
        "firstname": "Example",
        "lastname": "Person",
        "jobtitle": "REST Integration Specialist",
        "email": "example@infinetcloud.com",
        "gender": "f",
        "phone": "09123456",
        "mobilephone": "0339195534",
        "hiredate": "2021-01-01",
        "birthdate": "1980-10-12",
        "subsidiary": "2",
        "address": {
            "address1": "Unit 3",
            "address2": "2 Queens Park Circuit",
            "address3": "Five Dock",
            "city": "Sydney",
            "state": "NSW",
            "zip": "2046",
            "country": "AU"
        }
   }
}

Bank Detail Information

The bank details default to setting the bank details for payroll associated to the employee record


Request FieldDescriptionNetSuite IDMemo
bankaccount.nameBank Account Namecustentity_eft_bnk_acct_nameAccount Name
bankaccount.accountnumberBank Account Numbercustentity_eft_bnk_acct_noAccount Number
bankaccount.bsbnumberBank Account BSBcustentity_eft_bsbnoAccount BSB
bankaccount.paymentdescriptionBank Account Descriptioncustentity_eft_bnk_acct_descDescription that will appear in payee's statement normally Salary, Wages etc. If not specified will default to "Salary"
{
"action" : "function",
"function" : "syncemployee",
"data" : {
        "externalid": "REST-SAMPLE-1",
        "bankaccount" : {
           "name" : "Example Bank",
           "accountnumber" : "12345678",
           "bsbnumber": "123456",
           "paymentdescription": "My Salary"
        }
   }
}


Tax Information

The tax section is used to specify the employees TFN and tax scale. The REST interface currently does not support methods of specifying details for a TFN declaration however the filter information associated to the tax scale is backfilled onto the employee record.

Request FieldDescriptionNetSuite IDMemo
tfnThe employees tax file numbercustentity_pr_tfnThe tax field number is mandatory if not known it should be populated with a default (000000000 or 111111111)
taxscaleThe text description of a tax scalecustentity_employee_tax_scaleIf specified this will attempt to match a tax scale by name e.g "No tax-free threshold (1a) with HELP debt". Note: tax scale names can change in new tax years
taxscaleidThe netsuite id of a tax scale (e.g. 1)custentity_employee_tax_scaleIf specified the tax scale with this internal id will be set onto the employee record. Note: the internalid of a tax scale could be different in each account.

Changes associated with STP Version 2 may change the way tax scales work, and you should expect the need to make changes associated with this in the near future.



// tax scales can be looked up using the list function
{
"action": "list",
"recordtype": "taxscale"
}

// Example 1: Setting tax scale by exact name
{"data" : {
 	"tax" : {
		"tfn" : "12345678",
		"taxscale" : "No tax-free threshold (1a) with HELP debt"
	}
}}

// Example 2: Setting tax scale by internal id from lookup
{"data" : {
 	"tax" : {
		"tfn" : "12345678",
		"taxscaleid" : "15"
	}
}}

Payroll Information

The payroll information will be used to configure the details of how the basic details of the employee pay


Request FieldDescriptionNetsuite IDMemo
countryPay countrycustentity_pr_countryAU
paytypePay type for this employeecustentity_pay_typeSALARY or WAGE
payrollidEmployees's payroll referencecustentity_pr_payroll_idID of employee for payroll purposes
payfrequencyPay frequency for this employeecustentity_pay_freqWEEKLY or FORTNIGHTLY or MONTHLY
stateThe payroll state the employee is taxed within (this can be different to the residential address). Should only be set for AU. If country is NZ or UK state should be left blank and default from payroll config.custentity_employee_payroll_stateSupports NSW, QLD, SA, NT, TAS, VIC, WA

workingweek

specifies the employee working week pattern, if set the ordinaryhoursperweek will default from this. On create the workingweek will automatically set from the default working week set in payroll config if not entered.custentity_pr_working_weekspecify an internalid of a working week (lookup using {
"action" : "list",
"recordtype" : "workingweek"
})

ordinaryhoursperweek

Enter the number of ordinary hours for an employees normal working week. This field will populate the number of normal time hours for a waged employee and forms the basis for a number of basic payroll calculations such as overtime and accrued annual leave. 

Note: Working Week is typically the master of this field and where possible should be used instead. Ensure you verify expected behaviour in account before using this field.
custentity_pr_standard_weekSet to 0 if employee is pay from netsuite time
payfromtimeWages Employees only. Check this box if the employee is paid based on time logged in NetSuite. The employee will need to be wages and have a pay component of 0 hours with an hourly rate complete.custentity_pr_pay_timetrue or false
accrueleavefromtimeWaged Employees Only - Check this box if the employee accrues leave based on the number of hours paid on the payslip (normal time and paid holiday time, does not include overtime) and NOT based on their standard working week. Do not check if salaried.custentity_pr_accrue_leave_hourstrue or false
emailforpayslipsThe email address used for sending payslipscustentity_pr_email_for_payslipsIf empty this will default to the email specified on the employee body
employmentstatusThe employees employment statuscustentity_employment_status

FULLTIME,

CASUAL,

CONTRACTOR,

DIRECTOR,

LABOURHIRE,

NONPAYROLL,

PARTTIME,

TEMPORARY,

TERMINATED

Note: On create of the employee record payroll fields will be defaulted from the payroll configuration record before the specific fields are specified


{
"action" : "function",
"function" : "syncemployee",
"data" : {
        "externalid": "REST-SAMPLE-1",
        "payroll" : {
           "employmentstatus": "CASUAL",
           "country" : "AU",
           "state" : "QLD",
          "paytype": "SALARY",
           "payrollid": "REST-SAMPLE-1",
           "payfrequency": "WEEKLY",
           "payfromtime": "F",
           "accrueleavefromtime": "F",
          "ordinaryhoursperweek" : "16",
          "emailforpayslips": "person@gmail.com"
        }
   }
}


An example of a full submission include bank detail, superfund, tax and payroll is shown below:


Example Request
{
    "action": "function",
    "function" : "syncemployee",
	"data": {
        "salutation": "Mr",
        "firstname": "Test",
        "lastname": "Person",
        "email": "test@infinetcloud.com",
        "hiredate": "2013-05-05",
        "birthdate": "1976-01-12",
        "subsidiary": "2",
        "address": {
            "address1": "2 Kings Park Circuit",
            "address2": "Five Dock",
            "address3": "Somewhere",
            "city": "Sydney",
            "state": "NSW",
            "zip": "2046",
            "country": "AU"
        },
        "bankaccount" : {
           "name" : "Example Bank",
           "accountnumber" : "12345678",
           "bsbnumber": "123456",
           "paymentdescription": "My Salary"
        }
        "tax": {
			"tfn" : "12345678",
			"taxscale" : "No tax-free threshold (1a) with HELP debt"
        },
		"payroll" : {
           "employmentstatus": "CASUAL",
           "country" : "AU",
           "state" : "QLD",
           "paytype": "SALARY",
           "payrollid": "REST-SAMPLE-1",
           "payfrequency": "WEEKLY",
           "payfromtime": "F",
           "accrueleavefromtime": "F",
           "workingweek" : "7"
           "ordinaryhoursperweek" : "16",
           "emailforpayslips": "person@gmail.com"
        }
    }