labor_burden
Labor Burden Calculator — Fully-burdened hourly cost of an employee including taxes, insurance, PTO and billing margin.
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What labor_burden does on Gateway
AI agents call labor_burden to retrieve information from Gateway without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
pto_on | boolean | — | Include paid time off |
futa_on | boolean | — | Apply FUTA |
pto_days | number | — | PTO days per year |
base_wage | number | Yes | Base hourly wage in USD |
futa_rate | number | — | FUTA rate as a percent of wage, e.g. 0.6 = 0.6% |
health_on | boolean | — | Include health insurance |
workers_on | boolean | — | Include workers' comp |
health_month | number | — | Monthly health insurance cost in USD |
liability_on | boolean | — | Include general liability |
workers_rate | number | — | Workers' comp rate as a percent of wage, e.g. 4 = 4% |
billing_margin | number | — | Target billing margin percent |
liability_rate | number | — | Liability rate as a percent of wage, e.g. 1.5 = 1.5% |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why labor_burden is rated Low
Even though labor_burden only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Risk signalsHigh parameter count (12 properties)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs labor_burden safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Gateway, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For labor_burden, this is the rule to start with:
labor_burden is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Gateway, apply this rule, and every labor_burden call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about labor_burden
Labor Burden Calculator — Fully-burdened hourly cost of an employee including taxes, insurance, PTO and billing margin. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
labor_burden accepts 12 parameters: pto_on, futa_on, pto_days, base_wage, futa_rate, health_on, workers_on, health_month, liability_on, workers_rate, billing_margin, liability_rate. Required: base_wage. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for labor_burden: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Gateway. Nothing to install.
labor_burden is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the labor_burden rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for labor_burden. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
labor_burden is provided by the Gateway MCP server (https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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