{"id":"567d2ded-75a4-49bd-ad94-3c2e20a2f546","task":"Read and normalize employee compensation band and salary grade data from the Merge HRIS unified API","domain":"docs.merge.dev","steps":["Authenticate to Merge with a linked-account token for the target HRIS integration","GET /hris/v1/employees with expand=employments to retrieve each employee's current employment record including job title, department, and pay fields","Parse the pay_rate, pay_period, and pay_currency fields from the employment object and annualize hourly or periodic rates to a standard annual basis","GET /hris/v1/pay-groups if available for the integration to obtain pay group assignments that correlate to compensation bands","Store the normalized compensation data with a snapshot timestamp so band-compliance reporting can track changes over time"],"gotchas":["Merge does not expose a dedicated compensation grade or band object; band data must be inferred from job profile or pay group fields which are provider-dependent","Pay rate fields may be null for salaried-exempt employees in some HRIS providers that store compensation separately from the employment record","Currency normalization is the caller's responsibility; Merge returns the pay_currency code but does not convert amounts to a base currency"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T04:22:15.404Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/567d2ded-75a4-49bd-ad94-3c2e20a2f546"}