diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index f63dcf9632d..d5331624350 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -358,6 +358,14 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
     # OpenChatter and notifications
     # -----------------------------
     
+    def get_needaction_user_id(self, cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=None):
+        result = {}
+        for obj in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            result[obj.id] = False
+            if (obj.state == 'confirm' and obj.employee_id.parent_id):
+                result[obj.id] = obj.employee_id.parent_id.user_id.id
+        return result
+    
     def message_get_subscribers(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         sub_ids = self._message_get_subscribers_ids(cr, uid, ids, context=context);
         # add the employee and its manager if specified to the subscribed users
@@ -377,12 +385,10 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
         for obj in self.browse(cr, uid, ids):
             self.message_append_note(cr, uid, [obj.id], _('System notification'), 
                     _("The %s request '%s' has been confirmed and is waiting for validation by the manager.")
-                    % ('leave' if obj.type == 'remove' else 'allocation', obj.name,), type='notification',
-                    need_action_user_id = obj.employee_id.parent_id.user_id.id if obj.employee_id.parent_id else False)
+                    % ('leave' if obj.type == 'remove' else 'allocation', obj.name,), type='notification')
     
     def holidays_validate_notificate(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         for obj in self.browse(cr, uid, ids):
-            self.message_mark_done(cr, uid, [obj.id], context=context)
             if obj.holiday_status_id.double_validation:
                 self.message_append_note(cr, uid, [obj.id], _('System notification'),
                     _("The %s request '%s' has been validated. A second validation is necessary and is now pending.")
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 2096ae2bc61..2501ce50ad3 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
                                 <button string="Approved" name="second_validate" states="validate1" type="workflow" icon="gtk-apply" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                                 <button string="Set to Draft" name="set_to_draft" states="refuse,validate" type="object" icon="gtk-convert" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                             </group>
+                            <separator string="Temp Need Action" colspan="4"/>
+                            <field name="need_action"/>
+                            <field name="need_action_user_id"/>
                             <field name="message_ids_social" colspan="4" widget="ThreadView" nolabel="1"/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
diff --git a/addons/mail/base_needaction.py b/addons/mail/base_needaction.py
index 1c7797a9072..bebbd2555d3 100644
--- a/addons/mail/base_needaction.py
+++ b/addons/mail/base_needaction.py
@@ -31,7 +31,40 @@ class mail_needaction(osv.osv):
     _name = 'mail.needaction'
     _description = 'Need action Engine'
     
+    def get_needaction_user_id(self, cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=None):
+        if context is None:
+            context = {}
+        result = {}
+        for obj in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            result[obj.id] = False
+        return result
+    
+    #def set_needaction_user_id(self, cr, uid, id, name, value, arg, context=None):
+        #"""
+        #@param name: Name of field
+        #@param value: Value of field
+        #@param arg: User defined argument
+        #"""
+        #if context is None:
+            #context = {}
+        #return self.write(cr, uid, [id], {name: value}, context=context)
+
+    def get_needaction_user_id_wrapper(self, cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=None):
+        return self.get_needaction_user_id(cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=context)
+    
+    def set_needaction_user_id_wrapper(self, cr, uid, id, name, value, arg, context=None):
+        return self.set_needaction_user_id(cr, uid, id, name, value, arg, context=context)
+
     _columns = {
+        'need_action': fields.boolean('Need action'),
+        'need_action_user_id': fields.function(get_needaction_user_id_wrapper,
+                        #fnct_inv=set_needaction_user_id_wrapper,
+                        type='many2one', relation='res.users', store=True, string='User'),
+                        
+    }
+    
+    _defaults = {
+        'need_action': False,
     }
 
 # vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_message.py b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
index 8b89b61801f..41a1c636092 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_message.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ class mail_message(osv.osv):
                         ('comment', 'Comment'),
                         ('notification', 'System notification'),
                         ], 'Type', help="Message type: e-mail for e-mail message, notification for system message, comment for other messages such as user replies"),
-        'need_action_user_id': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Action by user', help="User requested to perform an action"),
     }
         
     _defaults = {