diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index 00ed2afbef2..5d4c2ae9d45 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
             <field name="name">Employees</field>
             <field name="res_model">hr.employee</field>
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
-            <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+            <field name="view_mode">form,tree</field>
             <field name="view_id" eval="False"/>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_employee_filter"/>
         </record>
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 5a2e0603b88..8bd00d58832 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                 <header>
                     <button string="Approve" name="validate" states="confirm" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
                     <button string="Validate" name="second_validate" states="validate1" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                    <button string="Refuse" name="refuse" states="confirm,validate1,validate" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
+                    <button string="Refuse" name="refuse" states="confirm,validate1,validate" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <button string="Reset to New" name="set_to_draft" states="refuse" type="object" groups="base.group_hr_user" />
                     <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate" statusbar_colors='{"confirm":"blue","validate1":"blue","refuse":"red"}'/>
                 </header>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                 <header>
                     <button string="Approve" name="validate" states="confirm" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
                     <button string="Validate" name="second_validate" states="validate1" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                    <button string="Refuse" name="refuse" states="confirm,validate,validate1" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user" class="oe_highlight"/>
+                    <button string="Refuse" name="refuse" states="confirm,validate,validate1" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <button string="Reset to New" name="set_to_draft" states="cancel,refuse" type="object" groups="base.group_hr_user" />
                     <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate" statusbar_colors='{"confirm":"blue","validate1":"blue","refuse":"red"}'/>
                 </header>
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
                             <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
                         </group>
                         <group>
-                            <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)"/>
-                            <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
+                            <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
+                            <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                             <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}"/>
                             <field name="department_id" attrs="{'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
                         </group>