Employee Check Object

attribute type description
employeeCheckID string Employee Check ID
employerCheckID string ID of employer check that contains this employee check
status string Holds one of the following values:
pending``pre-processed``processed``voided``failed
is_salary boolean Whether this check was created by Zeal's Autopilot Salary feature. See The Employee Object for more information about Autopilot
employeeID string Zeal Employee ID
companyID string Zeal Company ID
check_date string Date of Check Date for this employee check, in the ISO-8601 date format YYYY-MM-DD
approval_required boolean
optional
Whether manual approval is required for this check or not.
By default, Zeal automatically processes the check the day before the check date. However, if approval is required and the check is not approved by the time of processing, Zeal will NOT process the check
approved boolean
optional
Whether this check has been manually approved or not (only relevant if approval_required is true)
first_name string First name of the employee this check is for
middle_initial string Middle initial of the employee this check is for
last_name string Last name of the employee this check is for
reportingPeriodID string Reporting Period ID
disbursement object This object includes information regarding how the net pay is disbursed to the employee.
Zeal supports 6 disbursement methods:
Direct Deposit, Download Check, Physical Check, Prepaid, Paycards (Early Access), and Instant Pay (Early Access).
More information on these can be found at the bottom of the page.
Show disbursement fields:
method (type: string, default: direct_deposit)
history (type: array)
Provides an array of transaction updates
status (type: string)
Provides an up-to-date status of the payment. The status will hold one of the following 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
returned - Net pay did not successfully get disbursed
refunded - Status of checks that failed but then the employer wants to pay out in-house (only applicable to direct deposit payments)
canceled - The check got canceled due to going to an inactive user or having a transaction going to a watchlist match (only applicable to direct deposit payments)
gross_pay number Gross pay for employee based on shifts
net_pay number Net pay for employee (total pay after taxes)
deductions array List of deductions object applied to this employee check. See The Deduction Object
taxes array List of tax breakdown
processed checkShow taxes fieldsname - Name of the specific tax parameter
paidBy - Specifies whether this was withheld by employee or employer
codename - The specified code of the tax parameter
amount - Amount of tax withheld
total_employee_taxes number Total amount of employee taxes
processed check
total_employer_taxes number Total amount of employer taxes
processed check
totals object Object displaying the following totals:Show totals fieldsgross_earnings - Total gross earnings of the check
gross_pay - Total gross pay of the check
net_pay - Total net pay of the check
employer_taxes - Total employer taxes of the check
employee_deductions - Total amount of employee deductions applied to the check, if any
employee_garnishments - Total amount of employee garnishments applied to the check, if any
employer_deductions - Total amount of employer deductions applied to the check, if any
company debit- The total amount to be debited from the company bank account for this check
company_cash_requirement - The total requirement amount for the company to fulfill the check
metadata object Custom object you can attach to the employee check object. This is useful for storing additional information about the object in a custom, structured format. See Metadata
shifts array List of shifts objects associated with this employee check.
flsa_ot_recommendation boolean If set to true, we will automatically convert the check to include our OT recommendation at the time of processing
NOTE: Only applicable for FLSA Overtime Policy
speed string The ACH speed of the check, accepts two_day, one_day, one_day_no_reserve, or zero_day_no_reserve as values (Early Access)
triggered boolean Whether a disbursement has been triggered. Only applicable if disbursement method is paycard or instant_pay
triggered_at datetime Timestamp of when the disbursement was triggered, in the ISO-8601 format in UTC.