{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hr-and-people/refs/heads/main/json-schema/hr-and-people-employment-schema.json",
  "title": "Employment",
  "description": "An Employment record representing a position an employee holds at a company, aligned with HRIS, unified-HRIS, and payroll APIs.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "employeeId"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the employment record."
    },
    "employeeId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifier of the employee this employment record applies to."
    },
    "remoteId": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Identifier in the source HRIS or payroll system."
    },
    "jobTitle": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Job title for the employment record.",
      "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
    },
    "department": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Department associated with this employment record.",
      "example": "Engineering"
    },
    "team": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Team within the department."
    },
    "businessUnit": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Business unit or division."
    },
    "workLocationId": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Identifier of the work location for this employment record."
    },
    "managerId": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Employee id of the manager for this employment."
    },
    "employmentType": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "enum": [null, "full_time", "part_time", "contractor", "intern", "temporary", "freelance", "other"],
      "description": "Type of employment relationship."
    },
    "workerType": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "enum": [null, "employee", "contractor", "contingent", "intern"],
      "description": "Worker classification."
    },
    "ftEquivalent": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "description": "Full-time equivalent expressed as a fraction (1.0 = full-time).",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1
    },
    "payRate": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "description": "Pay rate amount for this employment."
    },
    "payCurrency": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "ISO 4217 currency code for the pay rate.",
      "example": "USD"
    },
    "payPeriod": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "enum": [null, "hour", "day", "week", "biweekly", "semimonthly", "month", "quarter", "year"],
      "description": "Period the pay rate is expressed over."
    },
    "payFrequency": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "enum": [null, "weekly", "biweekly", "semimonthly", "monthly"],
      "description": "How often the employee is paid."
    },
    "effectiveDate": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date this employment record becomes effective."
    },
    "endDate": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date this employment record ends, if applicable."
    },
    "isPrimary": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this is the employee's primary employment record.",
      "default": true
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  }
}