diff --git a/htdocs/install/mysql/tables/llx_user.sql b/htdocs/install/mysql/tables/llx_user.sql
index 796566fb638..c9673ceb360 100644
--- a/htdocs/install/mysql/tables/llx_user.sql
+++ b/htdocs/install/mysql/tables/llx_user.sql
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ create table llx_user
   ref_ext			varchar(50),				-- reference into an external system (not used by dolibarr)
   ref_int			varchar(50),				-- reference into an internal system (deprecated)
   
-  employee          tinyint        DEFAULT 0,   -- employee 0/1
+  employee          tinyint        DEFAULT 0,   -- 1 if user is an employee
 
   datec             datetime,
   tms               timestamp,
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ create table llx_user
   nb_holiday		integer DEFAULT 0,
   thm				double(24,8),
   tjm				double(24,8),
-  employee          tinyint DEFAULT 1,	-- 1 if user is an employee
   salary			double(24,8),
   salaryextra		double(24,8),
   weeklyhours		double(16,8)
diff --git a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
index 85a96ebe415..066da9c18da 100644
--- a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		// Clean parameters
 		$this->lastname     = trim($this->lastname);
 		$this->firstname    = trim($this->firstname);
-		$this->employee    	= trim($this->employee);
+		$this->employee    	= $this->employee?$this->employee:0;
 		$this->login        = trim($this->login);
 		$this->gender       = trim($this->gender);
 		$this->pass         = trim($this->pass);