---
title: "Initiate the employment termination workflow"
method: POST
path: "/v2/providers/employers/employees/employments/{employmentId}/workflows/initiateterminateemployment"
tags: ["Workflow employment"]
---

# Initiate the employment termination workflow

`POST /v2/providers/employers/employees/employments/{employmentId}/workflows/initiateterminateemployment`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.loket.nl`
- URL: `https://api.loket.nl/v2/providers/employers/employees/employments/{employmentId}/workflows/initiateterminateemployment`
- Auth: none required

__Activity name:__ <a href="https://developer.loket.nl/Activities/PostInitiateTerminateEmploymentWorkflowByEmploymentId" target="_blank">PostInitiateTerminateEmploymentWorkflowByEmploymentId</a><br>   <br><br>Allows the loket user to trigger a workflow to terminate an employment contract. The workflow may require approval.<br>

## Path parameters

- `employmentId` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `Accept` string, required

## Request body

- TerminateEmploymentRequest
  - `endDate` string, date: The date on which the employment ends (=last day of the employment).
  - `endOfEmploymentReason` EndOfEmploymentReason: The reason for the end of the employment. __Note:__ as of 2020-01-01 `endOfEmploymentReasonTaxAuthorities` replaces this field as the main reason for the end of the employment. We say 'main reason' as in certain cases this field still has a purpose. Please set this field to 8 (Other) unless one of the following integrations is used for this employment * UPA-pensioenaangifte * Cordares * APG-pensioenaangifte * Achmea
    - `key` integer: The key for the reason for the end of the employment.
    - `value` string: The description of the reason for the end of the employment.
  - `endOfEmploymentDueToIllness` boolean: Indicates whether the reason for the termination of an employment is due to long-term illness. Mandatory if endDate is filled, else leave empty.
  - `createMdvEntry` boolean: Indicates whether an MDV-entry should automatically be generated (not sent) by Loket (Melding Dienstverband). This should typically only be used for Colland-related employments and if the module MDV is active for an employer, which means in most cases this indicator should be set to `false`. Next to that, a message is ONLY generated when the employment is actually terminated by performing this action (=the employment did not already have an endDate before calling this endpoint).
  - `endOfEmploymentReasonTaxAuthorities` EndOfEmploymentReasonTaxAuthorities: The reason for the end of the employment as specified by the Dutch Tax authorties. __Note:__ This field replaces `endOfEmploymentReason` as of 2020-01-01. `endOfEmploymentReason` will remain as a field in the resource as several integration require this field still.
    - `key` integer: The key for the reason for the end of the employment.
    - `value` string: The description of the reason for the end of the employment.
  - `comment` string, nullable: An extra comment for the change request

## Response `202`

Accepted

- object: a warning indacateds that the given payload is valide, however take notice of the warning this might ifluence behavour.
  - `version` Version
    - `obsoleteDate` string, date, nullable: The date (can be null) on which the `resourceVersion` is no longer supported/available
    - `resourceVersion` string, date: The resource version of the object in the response
  - `messages` object[]
    - `type` string: Indication of the type of message. See [the general documentation for more information](./#section/Response/Messages)
    - `description` string: Describes the message
    - `id` string, uuid, nullable: In some cases when the message may relate to a specific entity, or specific group of entities, this field provides the identifier of that entity
    - `code` integer: Identifying code for the message
    - `properties` string[]: An array that can contain additional information
  - `content` TerminateEmploymentResponse
    - `id` string, uuid: The unique identifier of an object (GUID/UUID)

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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