Contractor Payment Object

The Contractor Payment Object represents a payment made out to a Contractor Object .

attribute	type	description
contractorPaymentID	string	Zeal Contractor Payment ID
contractorID	string	Zeal Contractor ID
companyID	string	Zeal Company ID
status	string	Holds one of the following values: `pending` `pre-processed` `processed`
approval_required	boolean optional	Whether manual approval is required for this payment or not. By default, Zeal automatically processes the payment two business days before the pay date. However, if approval is required and the payment is not approved by time of processing, Zeal will NOT process the payment.
approved	boolean optional	Whether this payment has been manually approved or not (only relevant if `approval_required` is true)
pay_date	date	Date of Pay Date for this contractor payment, in the ISO-8601 format in UTC. Zeal will pay this contractor on this date. Example `2019-10-01`
amount	number	Amount to be paid to the contractor
disbursement_status	string	Part of the object provided upon response of Contractor Payment creation* Provides an up-to-date status of the payment. The disbursement_status will hold one of the following values: Show disbursement_status values pending* - Status of all checks until net pay has been started settled* - Funds have successfully settled in employee’s account void* - When an Employer pays out the wrong person or the wrong amount and wants to void the check This will be solved by automatically creating a DL link for a check from the EE to the ER for the entire amount that they can DL returned* - Net pay did not successfully get disbursed refunded - (Only applicable to direct deposit payments) Status of checks that failed but then the employer wants to pay out in-house canceled* - (Only applicable to direct deposit payments) The check got canceled due to: Going to an inactive user Having a transaction going to a watchlist match Check is going a locked node
disbursement	object	This object includes information regarding how the pay is disbursed to the contractor. Zeal supports the following disbursement methods for contractors: Direct Deposit, Direct Deposit (Same Day), Physical Check, Prepaid, and Paycards (Early Access). Show disbursement fields method type: string default: `direct_deposit` description: These are the options:- `direct_deposit`: Zeal will make a direct deposit (Next Day ACH) to the contractor's bank account `direct_deposit_same_day`: Zeal will make a direct deposit (Same Day ACH) using to the contractor's bank account `physical_check`: Zeal will send a physical check to the employee's home address on file. `prepaid`: Zeal will not debit from the employer account to pay the contractor, the employer is responsible for paying the contractor directly e.g. in cash, check etc. `paycard`: Zeal will transfer funds to the contractor's paycard. This is only an option if the contractor has enrolled for paycards Note: This is only available for Paycards product (Early Access)
type	string	Type of payment. Only `regular` payments are reported on a contractor's Form 1099-NEC. Holds one of the following values - `regular`, `reimbursement`
speed	string	The ACH speed of the check, accepts `two_day`, `one_day` or `one_day_no_reserve`, `zero_day` as values. (Early Access)
triggered	boolean	Whether a disbursement has been triggered for this contractor payment. Only applicable to contractor payments of disbursement method `paycard`
triggered_at	datetime	Timestamp of when the disbursement was triggered, in the ISO-8601 format in UTC.
customerAccountID (Early Access)	string	Can be used to attach a customer account to a contractor payment

{
  "contractorPaymentID": "246863894",
  "contractorID": "1234567890",
  "companyID": "0987654321",
  "status": "pending",
  "approval_required": false,
  "approved": false,
  "pay_date": "2024-10-01",
  "amount": "100",
  "disbursement_status": "pending",
  "disbursement": {
    "method": "direct_deposit"
  },
  "type": "regular",
  "triggered": true,
  "triggered_at": "2025-03-04T23:18:09Z",
  "customerAccountID": null
}