diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
index 98167a67fbe..9134191004c 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
                     <field name="work_location_id" optional="hide"/>
                     <field name="coach_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="active" invisible="1"/>
+                    <field name="category_ids" widget="many2many_tags" options="{'color_field': 'color'}" optional="hide"/>
                 </tree>
             </field>
         </record>