---
title: "Create a balance adjustment."
method: POST
path: "/timeoff/employees/{id}/adjustments"
tags: ["Time off balance"]
---

# Create a balance adjustment.

`POST /timeoff/employees/{id}/adjustments`

Create a balance adjustment for a given employee for a given effective date.<br /> <br /> **Permissions required**: Please refer to the main <a href="https://apidocs.hibob.com/reference/time-off#required-permissions">Time off API Required Permissions</a> page.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- AdjustmentRequest
  - `adjustmentType` 'balance' | 'daysUsed' — Adjustment type - balance or time used.
  - `policyType` string — Policy type name.
  - `effectiveDate` string, date — The date this adjustment becomes effective.
  - `amount` number — The amount of days/hours to add/subtract.
  - `reason` string — A reason for this adjustment.

## Response `200`

Success.

## Other responses

- `default` — Unexpected error.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/hibob/apis/employee-data-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/hibob/apis/employee-data-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/hibob/employee-data-api/revisions/0781ebbdda91/schema)