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alias: user-guide-set-non-working-time-employee
description: "Define employee non-working time intervals within a calendar system accurately"
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# Set Employee Non-Working Time

## Overview

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

## Preconditions

For the selected **Employee** Calendar Days:

* `IsCalendarWorkingDay` is true
* There cannot be overlaps - note that the start times are inclusive and end times are exclusive
* The start time of the first non-working time cannot be earlier than the Calendar Day Start Time
* The end time of the last non-working time cannot be later than the Calendar Day End Time

## Sequence of Steps

Select the desired Employee Calendar Days in the Calendar, then press **Set Non-Working Time** and follow the steps below:

1. Verify the information.
2. Optionally, enter a description.
3. Specify the non-working time type (the possible non-working day types are taken from the [[employeecalendarnonworkingtimetype-lt]] lookup table)
4. Enter the start and end time
5. Optionally, enter a comment.
6. Press **Set** to complete the transaction.

![Screenshot showing the Set Employee Non-Working Time wizard.](../images/employee_set_employee_non_working_time.png)