The Accrual Policy Object represents a PTO, sick leave, or custom accrual policy that can be created for a company and assigned to respective company employees.

| attribute                      | type      | description                                                                                                                  |
|--------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| companyID                      | string    | Zeal Company ID                                                                                                            |
| policy_code                    | string    | Custom code that can be assigned for the policy                                                                           |
| policy_type                    | enum      | Type of the accrual policy (accepts: pto, sick_leave, or custom)                                                          |
| policy_name                    | string    | Custom name that can be assigned for the policy                                                                           |
| policy_effective_date          | YYYY-MM-DD| The effective start date of the policy                                                                                   |
| accrual_rate_hours             | float     | The rate at which employees will accrue hours                                                                              |
| accrual_period_hours           | float     | The number of hours employees need to work to accrue accrual_rate_hours                                                    |
| immediate_balance               | float     | The immediate hour balance the employee would receive                                                                      |
| include_doubletime              | boolean   | Include if double-time work is eligible for hour accrual                                                                   |
| include_overtime                | boolean   | Include if overtime work is eligible for hour accrual                                                                     |
| include_flat                    | boolean   | Include if flat earning component is eligible for accrual                                                                  |
| accrual_waiting_period          | float     | The number of hours the employees need to work before they are eligible to begin accruing time for policy                  |
| accrual_cap                     | float     | The maximum number of hours an employee can accrue within a policy year. Once this limit is reached, no additional hours will accrue until the next accrual period or rollover date.
| rollover_cap                    | float     | The maximum number of unused hours an employee is allowed to carry over from one policy year to the next on the specified rollover date.
| rollover_date                   | float     | Required if the user passes a value for `rollover_cap` or `accrual_cap`                                                   |
| balance_cap                     | float     | The maximum balance an employee is allowed to hold under this policy. Once this limit is reached, no additional hours will accrue until the balance drops below the cap. |
| accrual_start_after_days        | float     | The number of calendar days after the employees' start date before they begin accruing time for the policy                |

JSON

```json
{
  "companyID": "fc235f012bae46aa8a082f357715bcfa",
  "policy_code": "001",
  "policy_type": "pto",
  "policy_name": "test name",
  "policy_effective_date": "2023-03-01",
  "accrual_rate_hours": 10,
  "accrual_period_hours": 40,
  "immediate_balance": 0,
  "include_doubletime": true,
  "include_overtime": true,
  "include_flat": false,
  "accrual_waiting_period": 0,
  "accrual_cap": 100,
  "rollover_cap": 40,
  "rollover_date": "01-01",
  "policy_status": "live",
  "balance_cap": 100,
  "accrual_start_after_days": 0
}
```