Create eligibility policy

employers.create_eligibility_policy(, ) -> BenefitEligibilityPolicy

post/v1/employers/{employer_id}/benefit-eligibility-policy

Creates a new benefit eligibility policy for a specific employer. Eligibility policies define rules that determine which employees qualify for benefits based on criteria such as employment status (full-time, part-time), hours worked per week, waiting periods after hire date, or other custom requirements. Optionally provide 'policy_to_replace_id' as a query parameter to replace an existing policy.

ParametersExpand Collapse

employer_id: str

effective_date: Union[null, null]

Date when policy becomes effective

formatdate

name: str

Display name for the policy

maxLength255

minLength1

rules: Iterable[Rule]

List of eligibility rules (at least one required)

operator: str

Comparison operator

rule_type: str

Type of eligibility rule

value: str

Value to compare against (can be string, number, boolean, or list)

policy_to_replace_id: Optional[str]

ID of existing policy to replace (epol_*)

description: Optional[str]

Detailed description

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class BenefitEligibilityPolicy: …

Serializer for Benefit Eligibility Policy entity.

Eligibility policies define rules that determine which employees qualify for benefits.

id: str

Unique eligibility policy identifier with 'epol_' prefix

active: bool

Whether this policy is currently active

created_at: datetime

Timestamp when the policy was created

formatdate-time

effective_date: date

Date when this policy becomes effective

formatdate

employer_id: str

ID of the employer this policy belongs to (empr_*)

name: str

Display name for the eligibility policy

rules: List[Rule]

List of eligibility rules that must be satisfied

operator: str

Comparison operator (e.g., 'equals', 'greater_than', 'in')

rule_type: str

Type of eligibility rule (e.g., 'employment_status', 'hours_per_week', 'waiting_period')

value: object

Value to compare against (type depends on rule_type)

updated_at: datetime

Timestamp when the policy was last updated

formatdate-time

description: Optional[str]

Detailed description of the policy

replaced_policy_id: Optional[str]

ID of the policy this one replaces, if any (epol_*)

Create eligibility policy

from datetime import date
from vitable_connect_api import VitableConnectAPI

client = VitableConnectAPI(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
benefit_eligibility_policy = client.employers.create_eligibility_policy(
    employer_id="empr_abc123def456",
    effective_date=date.fromisoformat("2019-12-27"),
    name="x",
    rules=[{
        "operator": "operator",
        "rule_type": "rule_type",
        "value": "value",
    }],
)
print(benefit_eligibility_policy.id)

{
  "id": "id",
  "active": true,
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "effective_date": "2019-12-27",
  "employer_id": "employer_id",
  "name": "name",
  "rules": [
    {
      "operator": "operator",
      "rule_type": "rule_type",
      "value": {}
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "description": "description",
  "replaced_policy_id": "replaced_policy_id"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "active": true,
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "effective_date": "2019-12-27",
  "employer_id": "employer_id",
  "name": "name",
  "rules": [
    {
      "operator": "operator",
      "rule_type": "rule_type",
      "value": {}
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "description": "description",
  "replaced_policy_id": "replaced_policy_id"
}