Terminate a Contractor

Because contractors do not have “employment” in the same way that W2 employees do terminations are not applicable, however you can mark a contractor as inactive.

You can mark a contractor as inactive using the PUT contractors/{contractor_uuid} endpoint.

curl --request PUT \
     --url https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/contractors/{contractor_uuid} \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer <<COMPANY_API_TOKEN>>' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
     "type": "Individual",
     "self_onboarding": false,
     "file_new_hire_report": false,
     "version": "b48c46abfed1487b873b442334b3c4ff",
     "start_date": "2021-01-01",
     "first_name": "Fanny",
     "last_name": "Brice",
     "middle_initial": "X",
     "wage_type": "Hourly",
     "hourly_rate": "20.00",
     "is_active": false
}
'

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const url = 'https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/contractors/{contractor_uuid}';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
    'content-type': 'application/json',
    authorization: 'Bearer <<COMPANY_API_TOKEN>>'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    type: 'Individual',
    self_onboarding: false,
    file_new_hire_report: false,
    version: 'b48c46abfed1487b873b442334b3c4ff',
    start_date: '2021-01-01',
    first_name: 'Fanny',
    last_name: 'Brice',
    middle_initial: 'X',
    wage_type: 'Hourly',
    hourly_rate: '20.00',
    is_active: false
  })
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error('error:' + err));