diff --git a/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot b/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
index 09fb0c7b354..f485defd585 100644
--- a/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
+++ b/addons/hr/i18n/hr.pot
@@ -2568,6 +2568,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You cannot create recursive departments."
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: hr
+#: code:addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py:0
+#, python-format
+msgid "You do not have access to this document."
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: hr
 #: code:addons/hr/models/res_config_settings.py:0
 #, python-format
diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
index 5978a2ac7de..2f7166f3c93 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee.py
@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ class HrEmployeePrivate(models.Model):
         """
         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)
-        ids = self.env['hr.employee.public']._search(args, offset=offset, limit=limit, order=order, count=count, access_rights_uid=access_rights_uid)
+        try:
+            ids = self.env['hr.employee.public']._search(args, offset=offset, limit=limit, order=order, count=count, access_rights_uid=access_rights_uid)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise AccessError(_('You do not have access to this document.'))
         if not count and isinstance(ids, Query):
             # the result is expected from this table, so we should link tables
             ids = super(HrEmployeePrivate, self.sudo())._search([('id', 'in', ids)])