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Employee Number Enhancements

This article provides information about upcoming change to the management of the Employee Numbers.

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Overview

We're excited to announce a change to simplify how you manage Employee Numbers in our system. This change to our system results in a new version of several API endpoints. 

Previously, Employee Numbers were limited to 6 digits. Soon, you can extend the employee number to up to 10 characters and configure the format to fit your needs. 

You can restrict to less than 10 characters or make the Employee Number all digits, for example. By default, each Paycor customer's Employee Number will be set to 6 digits. To prepare for this change, review the Action to Take section in this article. This change is required regardless of if you are extending your Employee Numbers or keeping them the same. 

Action to Take

If you currently have an integration between Paycor and a third party, review the Version 2 endpoints and connect with your technical resources that have built your integration solution with Paycor and adjust to begin consuming the Version 2’s of these APIs, if you are consuming them. 

Notes: 

  • The employee number, going forward in version 2 and any newly introduced Public API endpoint, will be provided as a string rather than as an integer.
  • In case your system cannot support letters, or certain number of characters that Paycor now does (10), be aware that each customer can configure this on their own, and by default the employee number is limited to 6 digits.
  • The activation process will not need to be completed to access Version 2 of these endpoints, as the data being accessed remains the same.

Follow these steps to switch from version 1 to version 2:

1. Go to the Developer Portal and sign in.

Login to Developer Portal.

2. Click APIs.

Developer Portal Menu.

3. Using the dropdown menu, select Version 2.

Select version

  • Version 1 Example:

Version 1 Example

  • Version 2 Example:

Version 2 Example

Notes: 

  • Not every endpoint has a Version 2 available.
  • If Version 2 of an endpoint isn't available, you can use Version 1 instead.
  • Review this spreadsheet for technical details of the affected Public API endpoints.
Public API Name Data Access Name Public API URL Documentation Link
Get Employee by EmployeeID View Employee Information https://apis.paycor.com/v2/employees/{employeeId} Documentation
Get Employees by Legal Entity ID View Legal Entity Employees https://apis.paycor.com/v2/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/employees Documentation
Get Employees By TenantID View Tenant Employees https://apis.paycor.com/v2/tenants/{tenantId}/employees Documentation
GET Identifying Employee Data by Legal Entity Id View Legal Entity Employees Identifying Data https://apis.paycor.com/v2/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/employeesIdentifyingData Documentation
Add Employee Hours And Earnings To Paygrid Import Employee Hours and Earnings to Paygrid https://apis.paycor.com/v/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/payrollhours Documentation
Import Payroll Hours to Employee Import Payroll Hours to Employee https://apis.paycor.com/v2/employees/{employeeId}/payrollhours Documentation
Get Legal Entity Employees Time Card Punches by Employee ID View Employee Time Card Punches By Legal Entity Id https://apis.paycor.com/v2/employees/{employeeId}/punches Documentation
Get Legal Entity Employees Time Card Punches by Legal Entity ID View Employee Time Card Punches By Legal Entity Id https://apis.paycor.com/v2/legalEntities/{legalEntityId}/punches Documentation
Get Employee Accruals by EmployeeID View Employee Timeoff Accruals by Employee Id https://apis.paycor.com/v2/employees/{employeeId}/timeoffaccruals Documentation
Get Employee Accruals by Legal Entity ID View Employee Timeoff Accruals by Legal Entity Id https://apis.paycor.com/v2/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/timeoffaccruals Documentation
Create Employee Create Employee https://apis.paycor.com/v2/employees Documentation
Get employees in the onboarding state View Legal Entity Onboarding Employees https://apis.paycor.com/v2/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/onboardingemployees Documentation

These Employee Events are the only events impacted by this change:

  • Employee Created
  • Employee Deleted
  • Employee Updated
  • Get Employee by Employee ID

If you are using Event Subscriptions, note that the resource reference URL field will be updated to point to Version 2 of this endpoint. There is no need to update or change your data access or activate the application again, as these endpoints are backwards compatible.

Note: Version 1 Endpoints will no longer be supported after July 2025. Make sure all changes have been completed prior to that date.

Updated: June 2nd, 2025 2137 views


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