# UpdateEmployee

Use this method to update an employee record. **Note:** When you are updating an employee you don’t need to specify every element. If you exclude an element then the existing value will be preserved.

## Properties

#### Authentication

Authentication values used to connect to the Xero server.

#### Employee Id

Unique identifier of the employee to update.

#### Employee

Employee to update.

## Output

#### Employee

Employee updated.

## Links

[Xero Developer: Employees (POST)](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/employees#POST)