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Schedule a contractor termination

post
https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/contractors//termination

Purpose

Schedules a contractor dismissal for a given date. Supports both immediate (past dates) and future-dated dismissals.

Prerequisites

Before calling this endpoint:

  1. The contractor must be active (no existing pending dismissal)
  2. The contractor must have a current employment

Related webhooks

  • contractor.deactivated: Fires when the contractor becomes inactive (on or after end_date)

scope: contractors:write

Path Params
string
required

The UUID of the contractor

Body Params
date
required

The date of dismissal

Headers
string
enum
Defaults to 2026-02-01

Determines the date-based API version associated with your API call. If none is provided, your application's minimum API version is used.

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