kwpayroll/app/Entities/Employee.php

<?php

namespace App\Entities;

use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;

class Employee extends Entity
{
    protected $attributes = [
        'employee_id' => null,
        'company_id' => null,
        'branch_code' => null,
        'dept_id' => null,
        'job_title_id' => null,
        'emp_status_id' => null,
        'pay_group_id' => null,
        'company_issued_id' => null,
        'last_name' => null,
        'first_name' => null,
        'middle_name' => null,
        'suffix' => null,
        'email_address' => null,
        'contact_number' => null,
    ];
    protected $datamap = [];
    protected $dates   = ['created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at'];
    protected $casts   = [];
}