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# Get a time off allowance

> Allowance, days used, pending and remaining for one person and leave year, with adjustments. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/charliehr/get_time_off_allowance

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Allowance, days used, pending and remaining for one person and leave year, with adjustments.

CharlieHR MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/charliehr.md

MCP tool: `charliehr_read → get_time_off_allowance`

Access: read.

Returns the numbers shown under the person's holiday allowance on the Time tab, for the current leave year or the one you name. Hourly workers get hours instead of days. Adjustments list their type, amount, note and expiry date. Remaining is allowance minus used minus pending.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `member_id` | string | yes | Id from list_team_members |
| `leave_year` | string | no | Leave year as shown in Charlie, for example 2026; defaults to the current one |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "charliehr_read",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "get_time_off_allowance",
      "arguments": {
        "member_id": "member_8c41d2"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "member_id": "tm_52e1a9",
    "name": "Sam Rivera",
    "leave_year": "2026",
    "unit": "days",
    "allowance": 25,
    "used": 5,
    "pending": 3,
    "remaining": 17,
    "adjustments": [
      {
        "adjustment_id": "adj_20c8",
        "direction": "increase",
        "amount": 1,
        "type": "Length of service",
        "expires_on": null,
        "notes": "Third year"
      }
    ]
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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