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:pendingpre-processedprocessed |
| 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 valuespending - 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 three disbursement methods for contractors: Direct Deposit, Prepaid, and Paycards (Early Access).Show disbursement fieldsmethod type: string default: direct_depositdescription: There are 3 options:- direct_deposit: Zeal will make a direct deposit to the contractor's bank account- 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 as values. (Early Access) |
{
"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"
}