specification: API Commons Vocabulary
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Paychex
providerId: paychex-developer
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
description: Operational and capability vocabulary for the Paychex Developer Program —
  the REST APIs that surface Paychex Flex companies, workers, and time data to
  approved partners and clients.
tags:
  - Paychex
  - Paychex Flex
  - Payroll
  - HCM
  - Workforce
domain:
  - name: Payroll
    description: Calculation, processing, and disbursement of employee pay using
      Paychex Flex payroll engines.
  - name: Human Resources
    description: Worker records, employment status, organizational structure, and
      compliance data managed inside Paychex Flex.
  - name: Time and Attendance
    description: Punches, time entries, and time-worked totals fed into Paychex
      Payroll for hourly and salaried workers.
  - name: Benefits
    description: Health, retirement, and voluntary benefits administered alongside
      payroll on Paychex Flex.
operational:
  - name: Company
    description: Tenant resource representing an employer that uses Paychex Flex; the
      root for all other resources in the developer APIs.
  - name: Worker
    description: An employee or contractor associated with a company; the primary HR
      and payroll subject.
  - name: TimeEntry
    description: A single record of work performed by a worker on a given date,
      submitted into Paychex Payroll via the Time API.
  - name: EarningType
    description: Classification of paid time (REG, OT, PTO, HOL, etc.) used on time
      entries and pay components.
  - name: PartnerApplication
    description: Registered third-party application that holds an OAuth 2.0
      client_credentials grant and access to a specific set of companies.
capability:
  - name: Discover Companies
    description: List the companies a partner application has been granted access to.
  - name: Read Workers
    description: List and retrieve worker records for a company.
  - name: Submit Time
    description: Push time entries from a third-party time and attendance tool into
      Paychex Payroll.
  - name: Enforce Tenancy
    description: Scope every request to a specific company the application is authorized
      for; reject cross-tenant access.
products:
  - name: Paychex Flex
    description: The cloud HR, payroll, time, and benefits platform that the developer
      APIs read and write against.
  - name: Paychex HR PEO
    description: Co-employment service whose records flow through the same Paychex
      Flex platform.
  - name: Paychex Time
    description: Time and attendance product whose data model is exposed (and writable)
      via the Paychex Time API.
  - name: Paychex Marketplace
    description: Curated marketplace of partner integrations built on the Paychex
      developer APIs.