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March 2023

over 1 year ago by Gusto Developer Relations

Happy spring! 🌻 Here is a look at the new and breaking changes for the month.

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New version

We have released version 2023-04-01 which contains new payroll API improvements. For more information, review the v2023-04-01 changelog.

API improvements and additions

Payroll

Improvements to our existing payroll endpoints, see Payroll Guide for more information

  • More filtering for the get company payrolls endpoint. The payrolls returned can be changed by updating the processing_status, payroll_types, start_date, & end_date params.
  • For calculating a payroll, show_calculation=true is no longer required.
  • Add payroll uuid and check date to the pay periods response

Holiday Pay Policy

Added new holiday pay policy functionality to handle company holiday pay policies through API. For more information, see Holiday Pay Policy Guide for more details.

  • Added new endpoints to create, get, update, and cancel a holiday pay policy
  • Added new endpoints to add and remove employees from a holiday pay policy
  • Added endpoint to preview a company’s holiday pay policy in a specific time period

Rehire

Added new rehire functionality to rehire previously terminated W-2 employees through API. For more information, see Rehire Guide for more details.

  • Added new endpoints to create, get, update, and cancel an employee rehire
  • Added a new employment history endpoint to get details about an employee’s terminations and rehires
  • Added the employee.rehired webhook

Misc Improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Improved 404 error handling for termination endpoints

Flow improvements and additions

Rehire Flow

  • New flow that takes in an Employee UUID and guides through rehiring an employee with an optional employee onboarding flow. See Rehire Guide and Flow Types for more information.

Misc improvements and Bug Fixes

  • Prevent SSN updates by an employee after the employee is onboarded
  • Update payroll flows to use new payroll APIs

Documentation Improvements

  • Add scopes to the delete contractor endpoint
  • Miscellaneous API reference field descriptions improvements