diff --git a/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php b/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
index 1b5483a..3909eee 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/application/EmployeeApplication.php
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@ class EmployeeApplication{
     }
 
     /**
+     * Uses an already existing method to create and array containing the details of
+     * all currently active employees
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     function listAllActiveEmployees(){
@@ -513,10 +516,40 @@ class EmployeeApplication{
         $result = array();
 
         foreach($ids as $row){
-            $result[] = $this->proxyGetEmployeeDataById($row['id']);
+            $currentEmployee = $this->proxyGetEmployeeDataById($row['id']);
+
+            $result[] = array(
+                'idPerson' => $currentEmployee['idPerson'],
+                'fullName' => $currentEmployee['firstName']." ".
+                    $currentEmployee['middleName']." ".
+                    $currentEmployee['lastName'],
+                'email' => $currentEmployee['email'],
+                'phone' => $currentEmployee['phone'],
+                'code' => $currentEmployee['code'],
+                'contractType' => $currentEmployee['contractType']
+            );
         }
 
         return $result;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Takes an array of all active employees and filters them by a string, returning
+     * all sub arrays that contain such string
+     * 
+     * @param $partialName string
+     * @return array
+     */
+    function findEmployeeByFullName($partialName){
+        $fullList = $this->listAllActiveEmployees();
+
+        $pattern = '/'.$partialName.'/';
+
+        $matches = array_filter($fullList, function($a) use($pattern)  {
+            return preg_grep($pattern, $a);
+        });
+
+        return $matches;
+    }
 }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/routes.php b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
index 1bef8c0..6a2fc5b 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/routes.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ $app->get('/api/employee/types', function (Request $request, Response $response,
         ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->listEmployeeTypes()));
 });
 
-$app->get('/api/employee/all', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
+$app->get('/api/employee/find/{partialName}', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
+    $partialName = $args['partialName'];
+
     return $response->withStatus(200)
         ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-        ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->listAllActiveEmployees()));
+        ->write(json_encode($this->employeeApplication->findEmployeeByFullName($partialName)));
 });
 
 $app->post('/api/employee', function ($request, $response) {