Initiate EOR contract termination request | Deel

curl -X POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/eor/contracts/5B74FnLM/offboarding/termination \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -F data='{
  "reason": "PERFORMANCE_ISSUES",
  "reason_detail": "This decision to terminate employment is based on an unsatisfactory level of job performance despite documented efforts to provide support and improvement opportunities.",
  "used_time_off": {},
  "is_employee_notified": false
}'

{
  "data": {
    "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "end_date": "2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "documents": {
      "supporting": [
        {
          "id": "cmddlk1ghehm54l18gejg198r",
          "name": "Supporting Documentation",
          "type": "pdf",
          "created_at": "2025-07-21T21:07:27.713Z",
          "updated_at": "2025-07-21T21:07:27.713Z",
          "is_additional_supporting_document": false
        }
      ],
      "offboarding": [
        {
          "files": [
            {
              "id": "cmdeh9wzgvihue4r54n2y51p4",
              "name": "Employee Sign Off Documents",
              "type": "pdf",
              "created_at": "2025-07-22T11:55:23.068Z",
              "updated_at": "2025-07-22T11:55:23.068Z"
            }
          ],
          "status": "AWAITING_REVIEW",
          "reviewer_type": "EMPLOYEE",
          "is_employee_notification_required": true,
          "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
          "created_at": "2025-07-22T11:55:23.068Z",
          "updated_at": "2025-07-22T11:55:23.068Z",
          "reviewed_at": "2025-07-22T12:30:00.000Z",
          "reviewed_by": "John Doe",
          "reviewer_feedback": "Document needs clarification on section 3",
          "notification_instructions": "<p>Please review and provide feedback on the attached documents.</p>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "created_at": "2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "contract_id": "5B74FnLM",
    "is_sensitive": false,
    "request_data": {
      "reason": "PERFORMANCE",
      "end_date": "2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "reason_detail": "Employee is moving to another country",
      "used_time_off": {
        "time_offs": [
          {
            "unit": "BUSINESS_DAY",
            "policy_type": "Vacation",
            "tracking_periods": [
              {
                "used": 0,
                "end_date": "2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z",
                "start_date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"
              },
              {
                "used": 0,
                "end_date": "2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z",
                "start_date": "2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"
              },
              {
                "used": 0,
                "end_date": "2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z",
                "start_date": "2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"
              }
            ],
            "scheduled_until_end_date": 0
          }
        ],
        "is_deel_pto_confirmed": true,
        "additional_details": null
      },
      "desired_end_date": "2025-01-31",
      "eligible_for_rehire": "DONT_KNOW",
      "eligible_for_rehire_reason": "Employee is not eligible for rehire due to performance issues"
    },
    "desired_end_date": "2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Initiates a termination request for an EOR contract, beginning the offboarding process for the employee associated with the specified contract_id. The response captures the desired and confirmed end dates along with any termination documents generated at the time of the request. Token scopes: contracts:write

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

1 curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2   -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication

## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)

AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Path parameters

contract_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the employee contract.

Request

This endpoint expects a multipart form.

dataobjectRequired

Response

Ok response

dataobject

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

500

Internal Server Error

1	curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2	-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'