feat(employee): Add birthdays and work anniversaries indicator in form ,list view enhancements and new empty state.

(cherry picked from commit 4f43f65)

Author: krishna-254

erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ frappe.ui.form.on("Employee", {
 	refresh: function (frm) {
 		frm.fields_dict.date_of_birth.datepicker.update({ maxDate: new Date() });
 
+		frm.trigger("add_anniversary_indicator");
+
 		if (!frm.is_new() && !frm.doc.user_id) {
 			frm.add_custom_button(__("Create User"), () => {
 				const dialog = new frappe.ui.Dialog({
@@ -95,6 +97,61 @@ frappe.ui.form.on("Employee", {
 		}
 	},
 
+	date_of_birth: function (frm) {
+		frm.trigger("add_anniversary_indicator");
+	},
+
+	date_of_joining: function (frm) {
+		frm.trigger("add_anniversary_indicator");
+	},
+
+	add_anniversary_indicator: function (frm) {
+		if (!frm.sidebar || !frm.sidebar.sidebar) return;
+
+		let $sidebar = frm.sidebar.sidebar;
+		let $indicator_section = $sidebar.find(".anniversary-indicator-section");
+
+		if (!$indicator_section.length) {
+			$indicator_section = $(`
+				<div class="sidebar-section anniversary-indicator-section border-bottom">
+					<div class="anniversary-content"></div>
+				</div>
+			`).insertAfter($sidebar.find(".sidebar-meta-details"));
+		}
+
+		let content = "";
+		let today = moment().startOf("day");
+
+		if (frm.doc.date_of_birth) {
+			let dob = moment(frm.doc.date_of_birth);
+			if (dob.date() === today.date() && dob.month() === today.month()) {
+				content += `<div class="mb-1"><span class="indicator green"></span> ${__(
+					"Today is their Birthday!"
+				)}</div>`;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (frm.doc.date_of_joining) {
+			let doj = moment(frm.doc.date_of_joining);
+			if (doj.date() === today.date() && doj.month() === today.month()) {
+				let years = today.year() - doj.year();
+				if (years > 0) {
+					content += `<div class="mb-1"><span class="indicator green"></span> ${__(
+						"Today is their {0} Year Work Anniversary!",
+						[years]
+					)}</div>`;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (content) {
+			$indicator_section.find(".anniversary-content").html(content);
+			$indicator_section.show();
+		} else {
+			$indicator_section.hide();
+		}
+	},
+
 	prefered_contact_email: function (frm) {
 		frm.events.update_contact(frm);
 	},

erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.json

@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
   {
    "fieldname": "department",
    "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "in_list_view": 1,
    "in_standard_filter": 1,
    "label": "Department",
    "oldfieldname": "department",
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@
   {
    "fieldname": "branch",
    "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "in_list_view": 1,
    "label": "Branch",
    "oldfieldname": "branch",
    "oldfieldtype": "Link",
@@ -831,7 +833,7 @@
  "image_field": "image",
  "is_tree": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2026-02-19 17:07:42.691107",
+ "modified": "2026-02-25 11:23:10.689232",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Setup",
  "name": "Employee",

erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee_list.js

@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
 frappe.listview_settings["Employee"] = {
 	add_fields: ["status", "branch", "department", "designation", "image"],
 	filters: [["status", "=", "Active"]],
-	get_indicator: function (doc) {
+	get_indicator(doc) {
 		return [
 			__(doc.status, null, "Employee"),
 			{ Active: "green", Inactive: "red", Left: "gray", Suspended: "orange" }[doc.status],
 			"status,=," + doc.status,
 		];
 	},
+
+	onload(listview) {
+		listview.get_no_result_message = () => {
+			return `
+                <div class="msg-box no-border">
+                    <div class="mb-4">
+                        <svg class="icon icon-xl" style="stroke: var(--text-light);">
+                            <use href="#icon-small-file"></use>
+                        </svg>
+                    </div>
+                    <p>${__("No Active Employees Found. Prefer importing if you have many records.")}</p>
+                    <p>
+						<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm btn-new-doc">
+							${__("Create New")}
+						</button>
+                        <button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" onclick="frappe.set_route('List', 'Data Import', {reference_doctype: 'Employee'})">
+                            ${__("Import Employees")}
+                        </button>
+                    </p>
+                </div>
+            `;
+		};
+	},
 };