Rippling: Retrieve a specific employment type

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Contract 2026-10-28 · Operation rippling.rest_api.get_employment_types

Provider route: GET /employment-types/{id}/. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/rippling with npm, or alter-sdk-rippling with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { RipplingIntegration } from "@alter-ai/rippling";

async function execute(input: Parameters<RipplingIntegration["restApi"]["getEmploymentTypes"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new RipplingIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.restApi.getEmploymentTypes(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_rippling import RipplingIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = RipplingIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.rest_api.get_employment_types(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.id	string	Required within parent	Format: id

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
__meta	object	Optional
__meta.redacted_fields	array	Optional
__meta.redacted_fields[]	Model	Each item	Expand Retrieve a report run — response body — meta redacted fields item
amount_worked	string	Optional	The amount worked for the employment type. * `FULL-TIME`: Full-time is at least 30 hours per week. Full-time workers will typically be eligible for benefits. * `PART-TIME`: Part-time is less than 30 hours per week. These workers may be eligible for benefits, depending on company settings and hours worked. * `TEMPORARY`: These workers are hired on a temporary basis. You can specify how each worker with this employment type will be paid individually. Known values: PART-TIME, FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY
compensation_time_period	string	Optional	The compensation period for the employment type. * `SALARIED`: Employees that are paid a fixed amount per year. * `HOURLY`: Employees that are paid a wage per hour worked. Known values: HOURLY, SALARIED
created_at	string	Required within parent	Record creation date
id	string	Required within parent	Identifier field
label	string	Required within parent	The display label of the employment type.
name	string	Optional	The name of the employment type for non-custom employment types.
type	string	Optional	The classification of the worker by the company. * `CONTRACTOR`: Contractors are self-employed workers who provide services on a short-term or per-project basis and are not eligible for tax-withholding or benefits. * `EMPLOYEE`: Employees are hired and managed by an employer, work under the employer’s direct supervision and control, and are protected by law for wages and employment rights. Known values: CONTRACTOR, EMPLOYEE
updated_at	string	Required within parent	Record update date

Referenced models: Retrieve a report run — response body — meta redacted fields item

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: rippling.rest_api.get_employment_types. Catalog operation: get-employment-types. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Required provider scopes: ["employment-types.read"]

Provider entitlements: ["API_Tier_1"]

Pinned headers: {"Rippling-Api-Version": "2024-08-01"}

Official provider source