diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr.py b/addons/hr/models/hr.py
index 7901261f001..974b4c9acf6 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class Employee(models.Model):
         return tools.image_resize_image_big(base64.b64encode(open(image_path, 'rb').read()))
 
     # resource and user
+    # required on the resource, make sure required="True" set in the view
     name = fields.Char(related='resource_id.name', store=True, oldname='name_related')
     user_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', 'User', related='resource_id.user_id')
     active = fields.Boolean('Active', related='resource_id.active', default=True, store=True)
diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_views.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_views.xml
index aae1a300f3d..be426aba38f 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_views.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                         <div class="oe_title">
                             <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                             <h1>
-                                <field name="name" placeholder="Employee's Name"/>
+                                <field name="name" placeholder="Employee's Name" required="True"/>
                             </h1>
                         </div>
                         <field name="category_ids" widget="many2many_tags" options="{'color_field': 'color', 'no_create_edit': True}" placeholder="e.g. Part Time" groups="hr.group_hr_user"/>