construprogress/app/Models/User.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

// use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Database\Factories\UserFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles; 

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    /** @use HasFactory<UserFactory> */
    use HasFactory, Notifiable, HasRoles;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var list<string>
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'title', 'first_name', 'last_name',
        'email', 'password',
        'status', 'valid_from', 'valid_until',
        'company_id', 'phone', 'address', 'notes',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
     *
     * @var list<string>
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];

    /**
     * Get the attributes that should be cast.
     *
     * @return array<string, string>
     */
    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
            'password'          => 'hashed',
            'valid_from'        => 'date',
            'valid_until'       => 'date',
        ];
    }

    public function company()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(\App\Models\Company::class);
    }
    // Many-to-many with projects
    public function projects()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Project::class)->withPivot('role_in_project')->withTimestamps();
    }

    // Progress updates made
    public function progressUpdates()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(ProgressUpdate::class);
    }
}