diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
index 0c76f4ccd19..078b95f8096 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 import base64
 from random import choice
 from string import digits
+import itertools
 from werkzeug import url_encode
+import pytz
 
 from odoo import api, fields, models, tools, _
 from odoo.exceptions import ValidationError, AccessError
 from odoo.modules.module import get_module_resource
+from odoo.addons.resource.models.resource_mixin import timezone_datetime
 
 
 class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
             search on an hr.employee returns a hr.employee recordset, even if you don't have access
             to this model, as the result of _search (the ids of the public employees) is to be
             browsed on the hr.employee model. This can be trusted as the ids of the public
-            employees exactly match the ids of the related hr.employee. 
+            employees exactly match the ids of the related hr.employee.
         """
         if self.check_access_rights('read', raise_exception=False):
             return super(HrEmployeePrivate, self)._search(args, offset=offset, limit=limit, order=order, count=count, access_rights_uid=access_rights_uid)
@@ -306,6 +309,10 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
             except AccessError:
                 employee.is_address_home_a_company = False
 
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+    # Business Methods
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+
     @api.model
     def get_import_templates(self):
         return [{
@@ -326,6 +333,55 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
             self = self.with_user(real_user)
         return self
 
+    def _get_work_interval(self, start, end):
+        """ Return interval's start datetime for interval closest to start. And interval's end datetime for interval closest to end.
+            If none is found return None
+            Note: this method is used in enterprise (forecast and planning)
+
+            :start: datetime
+            :end: datetime
+            :return: (datetime|None, datetime|None)
+        """
+        start_datetime = timezone_datetime(start)
+        end_datetime = timezone_datetime(end)
+        employee_mapping = {}
+        for employee in self:
+            work_intervals = sorted(
+                employee.resource_calendar_id._work_intervals(start_datetime, end_datetime, employee.resource_id),
+                key=lambda x: x[0]
+            )
+            if work_intervals:
+                employee_mapping[employee.id] = (work_intervals[0][0].astimezone(pytz.utc), work_intervals[-1][1].astimezone(pytz.utc))
+            else:
+                employee_mapping[employee.id] = (None, None)
+        return employee_mapping
+
+    def _get_unavailable_intervals(self, start, end):
+        """ Compute the intervals during which employee is unavailable with hour granularity between start and end
+            Note: this method is used in enterprise (forecast and planning)
+
+        """
+        start_datetime = timezone_datetime(start)
+        end_datetime = timezone_datetime(end)
+        employee_mapping = {}
+        for employee in self:
+            calendar = employee.resource_calendar_id
+            resource = employee.resource_id
+            employee_work_intervals = calendar._work_intervals(start_datetime, end_datetime, resource)
+            employee_work_intervals = [(start, stop) for start, stop, meta in employee_work_intervals]
+            # start + flatten(intervals) + end
+            employee_work_intervals = [start_datetime] + list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(employee_work_intervals)) + [end_datetime]
+            # put it back to UTC
+            employee_work_intervals = list(map(lambda dt: dt.astimezone(pytz.utc), employee_work_intervals))
+            # pick groups of two
+            employee_work_intervals = list(zip(employee_work_intervals[0::2], employee_work_intervals[1::2]))
+            employee_mapping[employee.id] = employee_work_intervals
+        return employee_mapping
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+    # Messaging
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------
+
     def _message_log(self, **kwargs):
         return super(HrEmployeePrivate, self._post_author())._message_log(**kwargs)