diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index a59269bd3ff..1783be4ead3 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@
             <field name="res_model">hr.employee</field>
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
             <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+            <field name="domain">[('category_ids','=', active_ids)]</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="hr_employee_category_open" model="ir.values">