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Deel: Create a direct employee — 201 response body — data employee

Create a direct employee: 201 response body, field data / employee. Complete fields and constraints for contract 2026-10-27.

API reference · Contract 2026-10-27

SDK schema: Create a direct employee — 201 response body — data employee

FieldTypePresenceDescription and constraints
$objectRootThe person that is being hired
emailstringRequired within parentThe personal email of the person being hired
Format: email
Maximum length: 255
Minimum length: 3
external_idstringOptionalAn external identifier for the person being hired
first_namestringRequired within parentThe first name of the person being hired
Maximum length: 100
Minimum length: 3
last_namestringRequired within parentThe last name of the person being hired
Maximum length: 100
Minimum length: 3
nationalitystringRequired within parentThe nationality of the person being hired
Maximum length: 2
Minimum length: 2
work_emailstringOptionalThe work email of the person being hired
Format: email
Maximum length: 255
Minimum length: 3

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