---
alias: user-guide-set-employee-non-working-days
description: "Define employee unavailable days within a shift plan for scheduling purposes"
---

# Set Employee Non-Working Days

## Overview

This operation allows the definition of non-working days for a given **Employee**.

## Preconditions

For the selected **Employee** Calendar Days:

* Is Calendar Working Day is `true`.

## Sequence of Steps

Select the desired Employee Calendar Days in the Shift Plan, then select **Set Non-Working Days** and follow the steps below:

1. Verify the information.
2. Optionally enter a description.
3. Specify the non-working day type (note that the possible non-working day types are taken from the generic table `CalendarDayType`).
4. Optionally, enter a comment.
5. Select **Set** to complete the operation.

![Screenshot showing a UI element labeled "Set Employee Non-Working Day".](../images/set_employee_non_working_day.png)