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From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 01:58:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(employee): js error if user does not have write
 permission for date field (backport #55312) (#55314)

Co-authored-by: Himanshu Jain <118419692+trufurs@users.noreply.github.com>
fix(employee): js error if user does not have write permission for date field (#55312)
---
 erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js
index b4adc01b102..d400a620b0b 100755
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.on("Employee", {
 	},
 
 	refresh: function (frm) {
-		frm.fields_dict.date_of_birth.datepicker.update({ maxDate: new Date() });
+		frm.fields_dict.date_of_birth.datepicker?.update({ maxDate: new Date() });
 
 		if (!frm.is_new() && !frm.doc.user_id) {
 			frm.add_custom_button(__("Create User"), () => {