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# Rehire employee
> Rehire a former employee using values from the rehire form.
**Closed Beta Feature:** This endpoint is now in closed beta. Please reach out to your account manager or [support](mailto:support@kombo.dev).
First, [get the rehire form](/hris/v1/get-employees-employee-id-form-rehire). Send the required values in `properties`, using the field keys returned by GET.
This endpoint requires the permission **Create and manage employees** to be enabled in [your scope config](/scopes).
### Example Request Body
```json theme={null}
{
"staffing_entity_id": "4wPdBNLfMYBeXjNiQ5zKbStR",
"properties": {
"startDate": "2026-11-01",
"jobTitle": "Lifeguard"
}
}
```
## OpenAPI
````yaml POST /hris/employees/{employee_id}/form/rehire
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Kombo API
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.kombo.dev/v1
description: Kombo EU API
- url: https://api.us.kombo.dev/v1
description: Kombo US API
- url: https://api.ca.kombo.dev/v1
description: Kombo CA API
security:
- ApiKey: []
tags:
- name: General
- name: Kombo Connect
description: >-
Endpoints for Kombo Connect, our end-user-facing flow for setting up new
integrations.
- name: Unified HRIS API
description: Unified endpoints to access all the HR concepts you might need.
- name: Unified ATS API
description: Unified endpoints to access all the ATS concepts you might need.
- name: Unified ATS (Assessment & Background Check) API
description: >-
Unified endpoints to operate Assessments and Background Checks for many
applicant tracking systems.
- name: Unified LMS API
description: Unified endpoints to access all the LMS concepts you might need.
- name: AI Apply
description: Endpoints for AI-powered job application features.
- name: Custom Endpoints
description: Custom integration-specific endpoints.
paths:
/hris/employees/{employee_id}/form/rehire:
post:
tags:
- Unified HRIS API
summary: Rehire employee
description: >-
Rehire a former employee using values from the rehire form.
**Closed Beta Feature:** This endpoint is now in closed beta.
Please reach out to your account manager or
[support](mailto:support@kombo.dev).
First, [get the rehire
form](/hris/v1/get-employees-employee-id-form-rehire). Send the required
values in `properties`, using the field keys returned by GET.
This endpoint requires the permission **Create and manage employees** to be enabled in [your scope config](/scopes).
### Example Request Body
```json
{
"staffing_entity_id": "4wPdBNLfMYBeXjNiQ5zKbStR",
"properties": {
"startDate": "2026-11-01",
"jobTitle": "Lifeguard"
}
}
```
operationId: PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehire
parameters:
- in: header
name: X-Integration-Id
schema:
type: string
description: ID of the integration you want to interact with.
example: bamboohr:HWUTwvyx2wLoSUHphiWVrp28
required: true
- name: employee_id
in: path
required: true
description: The Kombo ID or the HRIS ID of the employee.
schema:
$ref: >-
#/components/schemas/PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehireParameterEmployeeId
examples:
example1:
value: remote:12345
requestBody:
description: POST /hris/employees/:employee_id/form/rehire Request body
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: >-
#/components/schemas/PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehireRequestBody
examples:
example1:
value:
staffing_entity_id: 4wPdBNLfMYBeXjNiQ5zKbStR
properties:
startDate: '2026-11-01'
jobTitle: Lifeguard
responses:
'200':
description: POST /hris/employees/:employee_id/form/rehire Positive response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: >-
#/components/schemas/PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehirePositiveResponse
examples:
example1:
value:
status: success
data:
id: 26vafvWSRmbhNcxJYqjCzuJg
remote_id: '12345'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponseHRIS'
components:
schemas:
PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehireParameterEmployeeId:
type: string
description: The Kombo ID or the HRIS ID of the employee.
examples:
- remote:12345
PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehireRequestBody:
type: object
properties:
staffing_entity_id:
type: string
minLength: 24
maxLength: 24
pattern: ^[1-9A-HJ-NP-Za-km-z]+$
description: >-
The Kombo ID of the position or requisition to rehire into. If
provided, use the same ID for GET and POST.
properties:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema4'
description: Use the field keys returned by GET and include all required fields.
required:
- properties
PostHrisEmployeesEmployeeIdFormRehirePositiveResponse:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
const: success
data:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: The Kombo ID of the employee.
remote_id:
type: string
description: The raw ID of the employee in the HRIS.
required:
- id
- remote_id
examples:
- id: 26vafvWSRmbhNcxJYqjCzuJg
remote_id: '12345'
required:
- status
- data
Schema4:
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: number
format: double
- type: boolean
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema13'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema14'
Schema13:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema4'
Schema14:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema4'
responses:
ErrorResponseHRIS:
description: The standard error response with the error codes for the HRIS use case.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
enum:
- error
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type:
- string
- 'null'
enum:
- PLATFORM.RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
- PLATFORM.CONCURRENCY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
- PLATFORM.INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND
- PLATFORM.INPUT_INVALID
- PLATFORM.UNKNOWN_ERROR
- PLATFORM.IP_NOT_WHITELISTED
- PLATFORM.AUTHENTICATION_INVALID
- PLATFORM.TASK_TIMED_OUT
- INTEGRATION.PERMISSION_MISSING
- INTEGRATION.AUTHENTICATION_INVALID
- INTEGRATION.QA_FAILED
- INTEGRATION.SETUP_SYNC_PENDING
- INTEGRATION.SETUP_INCOMPLETE
- INTEGRATION.INACTIVE
- INTEGRATION.MODEL_NOT_AVAILABLE
- INTEGRATION.MODEL_DISABLED
- INTEGRATION.ACTION_NOT_AVAILABLE
- INTEGRATION.ACTION_DISABLED
- REMOTE.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
- REMOTE.RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
- REMOTE.INPUT_INVALID
- REMOTE.UNKNOWN_HTTP_ERROR
- HRIS.STAFFING_ENTITY_CLOSED
- HRIS.EMPLOYEE_ALREADY_EXISTS
example: HRIS.EMPLOYEE_ALREADY_EXISTS
description: >-
Some errors include an error code that can be used to
identify their cause. See the [Error Handling
Docs](https://docs.kombo.dev/guides/errors) for more
information. For your error handling logic please use the
error `code` instead of other properties (e.g. message,
http status code, ...).
title:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A static, human-readable label.
message:
type: string
description: >-
A dynamic, detailed description of what went wrong in this
specific instance.
log_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: uri
description: >-
The log page in the Kombo UI lists every interaction with
full details. If you need assistance, share that link with
our support team.
required:
- code
- title
- message
- log_url
description: Error details with structured code for programmatic handling.
required:
- status
- error
examples:
Error Response:
description: >-
When building error handling logic, always use the `code` field
to identify specific error types programmatically. See the
complete list of error codes in the
[docs](https://docs.kombo.dev/guides/errors).
value:
status: error
error:
code: INTEGRATION.MODEL_NOT_AVAILABLE
title: >-
This data model isn't supported for the selected
integration.
message: >-
The "employees" model is not yet available for Greenhouse.
Please reach out to Kombo if you need this functionality.
log_url: https://app.kombo.dev/my-prod/logs?interactionId=123456
Minimal Error Response:
description: >-
The "message" is always required while other fields can also be
`null`. See the [docs](https://docs.kombo.dev/guides/errors) for
more information.
value:
status: error
error:
code: null
title: null
message: The message is always in the response.
log_url: null
securitySchemes:
ApiKey:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: >-
Create an API key on the [Secrets](https://app.kombo.dev/secrets) page
in the Kombo dashboard.
````
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