List employee benefits

curl --request GET \
  --url https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/employee_benefits \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "employee_benefit",
      "data": {
        "work_assignment": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "work_assignment",
          "links": {
            "self": "/work_assignments/<id>"
          }
        },
        "business_preset": null,
        "employee_benefit_type": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "employee_benefit_type",
          "data": {
            "type": "dental",
            "label": "Dental"
          },
          "links": {
            "self": "/employee_benefit_types/dental"
          }
        },
        "employer_benefit": null,
        "title": "Dental",
        "title_translations": {
          "en": "Dental",
          "fr": "Assurance dentaire"
        },
        "title_translated": "Dental",
        "income_basis": "regular_earnings",
        "income_includes": [],
        "max_annual_contribution_basis": "this_benefit",
        "apply_sales_tax": false,
        "remittance_account_id": null,
        "remittance_account": null,
        "amount": 325.5,
        "amount_type": "fixed",
        "coverage_multiplier": 1,
        "max_annual_contribution": 2500.5,
        "frequency": "per_month",
        "date_basis": "by_period_start_date",
        "pay_period_cadence": [
          1
        ],
        "effective_from": "2026-01-01",
        "effective_to": "2026-12-31",
        "expense_accounting_code": null,
        "liability_accounting_code": null,
        "external_ref": "01KG003XG877R33YKHA40HJP84",
        "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "/employee_benefits/<id>"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "employee_benefit",
      "data": {
        "work_assignment": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "work_assignment",
          "links": {
            "self": "/work_assignments/<id>"
          }
        },
        "business_preset": null,
        "employee_benefit_type": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "employee_benefit_type",
          "data": {
            "type": "health",
            "label": "Health"
          },
          "links": {
            "self": "/employee_benefit_types/health"
          }
        },
        "employer_benefit": null,
        "title": "Health",
        "title_translations": {
          "en": "Health",
          "fr": "Assurance santé"
        },
        "title_translated": "Health",
        "income_basis": "regular_earnings",
        "income_includes": [
          {
            "type": "earning",
            "subtype": "commission"
          }
        ],
        "max_annual_contribution_basis": "all_line_items_of_type",
        "apply_sales_tax": true,
        "remittance_account_id": null,
        "remittance_account": null,
        "amount": 3.5,
        "amount_type": "percent",
        "coverage_multiplier": 1.5,
        "max_annual_contribution": 325.5,
        "frequency": "per_payroll",
        "date_basis": null,
        "pay_period_cadence": null,
        "effective_from": "2026-01-01",
        "effective_to": "2026-12-31",
        "expense_accounting_code": null,
        "liability_accounting_code": null,
        "external_ref": "01KG003F6KKVMV7P23FYT4HK59",
        "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "/employee_benefits/<id>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "first": "/employee_benefits?work_assignment_id=<id>&page=1",
    "last": "/employee_benefits?work_assignment_id=<id>&page=1",
    "prev": null,
    "next": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "per_page": 15,
    "total": 2,
    "has_more": false
  }
}

GET

employee_benefits

curl --request GET \
  --url https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/employee_benefits \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "employee_benefit",
      "data": {
        "work_assignment": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "work_assignment",
          "links": {
            "self": "/work_assignments/<id>"
          }
        },
        "business_preset": null,
        "employee_benefit_type": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "employee_benefit_type",
          "data": {
            "type": "dental",
            "label": "Dental"
          },
          "links": {
            "self": "/employee_benefit_types/dental"
          }
        },
        "employer_benefit": null,
        "title": "Dental",
        "title_translations": {
          "en": "Dental",
          "fr": "Assurance dentaire"
        },
        "title_translated": "Dental",
        "income_basis": "regular_earnings",
        "income_includes": [],
        "max_annual_contribution_basis": "this_benefit",
        "apply_sales_tax": false,
        "remittance_account_id": null,
        "remittance_account": null,
        "amount": 325.5,
        "amount_type": "fixed",
        "coverage_multiplier": 1,
        "max_annual_contribution": 2500.5,
        "frequency": "per_month",
        "date_basis": "by_period_start_date",
        "pay_period_cadence": [
          1
        ],
        "effective_from": "2026-01-01",
        "effective_to": "2026-12-31",
        "expense_accounting_code": null,
        "liability_accounting_code": null,
        "external_ref": "01KG003XG877R33YKHA40HJP84",
        "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "/employee_benefits/<id>"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "employee_benefit",
      "data": {
        "work_assignment": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "work_assignment",
          "links": {
            "self": "/work_assignments/<id>"
          }
        },
        "business_preset": null,
        "employee_benefit_type": {
          "id": "<id>",
          "object": "employee_benefit_type",
          "data": {
            "type": "health",
            "label": "Health"
          },
          "links": {
            "self": "/employee_benefit_types/health"
          }
        },
        "employer_benefit": null,
        "title": "Health",
        "title_translations": {
          "en": "Health",
          "fr": "Assurance santé"
        },
        "title_translated": "Health",
        "income_basis": "regular_earnings",
        "income_includes": [
          {
            "type": "earning",
            "subtype": "commission"
          }
        ],
        "max_annual_contribution_basis": "all_line_items_of_type",
        "apply_sales_tax": true,
        "remittance_account_id": null,
        "remittance_account": null,
        "amount": 3.5,
        "amount_type": "percent",
        "coverage_multiplier": 1.5,
        "max_annual_contribution": 325.5,
        "frequency": "per_payroll",
        "date_basis": null,
        "pay_period_cadence": null,
        "effective_from": "2026-01-01",
        "effective_to": "2026-12-31",
        "expense_accounting_code": null,
        "liability_accounting_code": null,
        "external_ref": "01KG003F6KKVMV7P23FYT4HK59",
        "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "/employee_benefits/<id>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "first": "/employee_benefits?work_assignment_id=<id>&page=1",
    "last": "/employee_benefits?work_assignment_id=<id>&page=1",
    "prev": null,
    "next": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "per_page": 15,
    "total": 2,
    "has_more": false
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

business_entity_id

string

pay_schedule_id

string

work_assignment_id

string

employee_id

string

has_business_preset

boolean

business_preset_id

string

include_types

enum<string>

Available options:

accident_insurance_plan,

critical_illness,

debt_relief,

dental,

employee_assistance_program,

fondaction,

fondaction_rrsp,

fonds_solidarite_ftq,

fonds_solidarite_ftq_rrsp,

group_dependent_life_insurance,

group_term_life_insurance,

health,

health_spending_account,

long_term_disability,

non_group_long_term_disability,

non_group_short_term_disability,

pension_dbpp,

pension_dcpp,

pension_mfpp,

pension_prpp,

pension_restricted_rrsp,

pension_rrsp,

pension_rrsp_non_periodic,

pension_unregistered_prpp,

pension_vrsp,

profit_sharing_dpsp,

savings_tfsa,

second_opinion_medical_consultation,

short_term_disability,

virtual_health_service,

wellness_spending_account

exclude_types

enum<string>

Available options:

accident_insurance_plan,

critical_illness,

debt_relief,

dental,

employee_assistance_program,

fondaction,

fondaction_rrsp,

fonds_solidarite_ftq,

fonds_solidarite_ftq_rrsp,

group_dependent_life_insurance,

group_term_life_insurance,

health,

health_spending_account,

long_term_disability,

non_group_long_term_disability,

non_group_short_term_disability,

pension_dbpp,

pension_dcpp,

pension_mfpp,

pension_prpp,

pension_restricted_rrsp,

pension_rrsp,

pension_rrsp_non_periodic,

pension_unregistered_prpp,

pension_vrsp,

profit_sharing_dpsp,

savings_tfsa,

second_opinion_medical_consultation,

short_term_disability,

virtual_health_service,

wellness_spending_account

effective_on

string<date>

not_effective_on

string<date>

effective_from

object

Date filters support two formats: Exact Date Match: Provide a well-formatted date in YYYY-MM-DD format for an exact match. Example: effective_from=2024-01-01 Use an array-like syntax to specify a range with one or more comparison operators:

gt (greater than)
gte (greater than or equal to)
lte (less than or equal to)
lt (less than) Example: effective_from[gte]=2024-01-01&effective_from[lt]=2024-12-31

effective_to

object

Date filters support two formats: Exact Date Match: Provide a well-formatted date in YYYY-MM-DD format for an exact match. Example: effective_to=2024-01-01 Use an array-like syntax to specify a range with one or more comparison operators:

gt (greater than)
gte (greater than or equal to)
lte (less than or equal to)
lt (less than) Example: effective_to[gte]=2024-01-01&effective_to[lt]=2024-12-31

external_ref

string

search_payee_names

string

sort

enum<string>

Sort order is specified using the format sort=field[:direction][,field[:direction],...] where field is the name of the field to sort by and direction is the optional sort direction (asc or desc).

Available options:

effective_from,

effective_to,

work_assignment.payee.default,

work_assignment.payee.first_name,

work_assignment.payee.last_name

tag_id

string

expand

enum<string>[]

Available options:

business_preset,

employer_benefit,

expense_accounting_code,

liability_accounting_code,

remittance_account,

tag_assignment,

work_assignment

Response

200 - application/json

object

string

read-only

The type of the object in Nmbr ("list").

data

object[]

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data.id

string

read-only

The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.

data.object

string

read-only

The type of the object in Nmbr ("employee_benefit").

data.data

Default · object

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data.data.work_assignment

object

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data.data.work_assignment.id

string

read-only

The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.

data.data.work_assignment.object

string

read-only

The type of the object in Nmbr ("work_assignment").

data.data.business_preset

any

data.data.employee_benefit_type

object

The type of employee benefit, which determines how it is taxed and reported.

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data.data.employee_benefit_type.id

string

read-only

The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.

data.data.employee_benefit_type.object

string

read-only

The type of the object in Nmbr ("employee_benefit_type").

data.data.employee_benefit_type.data

Employee Benefit Type · object

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data.data.employee_benefit_type.data.type

string | null

The string identifier for this employee benefit type.

data.data.employee_benefit_type.data.label

string | null

The human-readable display name for this employee benefit type.

data.data.employer_benefit

any

data.data.title

string | null

Maximum string length: 255

data.data.title_translations

object

Optional translations for the title property.

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data.data.title_translations.en

string

Maximum string length: 255

data.data.title_translations.fr

string

Maximum string length: 255

data.data.title_translated

string

read-only

The translation of the title property for the request locale. Computed using the values in title and title_translations and the value of the request's Accept-Language header.

data.data.income_basis

enum<string>

Determines the income used as the base for percentage-based benefit calculations. regular_earnings includes only salary and wage earnings. all_earnings includes all earnings. total_income includes all earnings, taxable allowances, and taxable reimbursements. none doesn't include any line items, and can be used with income_includes for completely custom definitions of income.

Available options:

all_earnings,

none,

regular_earnings,

total_income

data.data.income_includes

object

An optional list of specific earnings, allowances, and other line item types to include in the income calculation in addition to those included via income_basis.

data.data.max_annual_contribution_basis

enum<string>

Whether max_annual_contribution accumulates across pay periods or applies as a fixed per-period cap.

Available options:

all_line_items_of_type,

this_benefit

data.data.apply_sales_tax

boolean

Whether provincial sales tax is applied to the benefit amount.

data.data.remittance_account_id

string | null

The remittance account to which collected benefit amounts are remitted.

Maximum string length: 32

data.data.remittance_account

any

data.data.amount

number<decimal>

The contribution amount per pay period. When amount_type is percent, this is interpreted as a percentage of the income basis (0-100); otherwise as a fixed dollar amount.

data.data.amount_type

enum<string>

Whether amount is a fixed dollar value (fixed) or a percentage of the income basis (percent).

Available options:

fixed,

percent

data.data.coverage_multiplier

number<decimal>

A multiplier applied to the Employee's earnings to determine the benefit coverage amount, used for coverage-based benefits such as life insurance.

data.data.max_annual_contribution

number<decimal> | null

The maximum dollar amount that will be contributed in a calendar year. Contributions stop once this limit is reached.

data.data.frequency

enum<string>

The frequency at which this benefit is applied to Pay Stubs. When per_month, the amount is distributed across the selected Payrolls in the calendar month. per_month requires amount_type to be fixed.

Available options:

once,

per_month,

per_payroll

data.data.date_basis

enum<string> | null

Which payroll date determines the calendar month for the allocation. Applies only to per_month benefits.

Available options:

by_pay_date,

by_period_end_date,

by_period_start_date

data.data.pay_period_cadence

object

Which pay periods within the month receive the allocation. An array of 1-based positions; -1 is the final period. Applies only to per_month benefits.

data.data.effective_from

string<date>

The date from which this benefit is applied to Pay Stubs.

data.data.effective_to

string<date> | null

The date after which this benefit is no longer applied. null if the benefit applies indefinitely.

data.data.expense_accounting_code

any

data.data.liability_accounting_code

any

data.data.external_ref

string | null

A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference.

Maximum string length: 255

data.data.created_at

string<dateTime>

read-only

The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.

data.data.updated_at

string<dateTime>

read-only

The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.

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