Merge pull request #31314 from frappe/mergify/bp/version-13-hotfix/pr-31303

fix: locale Currency and Float setting in update_employee (backport #31303)

erpnext/hr/utils.py

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ def update_employee_work_history(employee, details, date=None, cancel=False):
 			new_data = getdate(new_data)
 		elif fieldtype == "Datetime" and new_data:
 			new_data = get_datetime(new_data)
+		elif fieldtype in ["Currency", "Float"] and new_data:
+			new_data = flt(new_data)
 		setattr(employee, item.fieldname, new_data)
 		if item.fieldname in ["department", "designation", "branch"]:
 			internal_work_history[item.fieldname] = item.new