diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index 2dcb448d3cf..864a3200bdf 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -358,12 +358,24 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
             leave_id = holiday_obj.create(cr, uid, {'name': _('Leave Request for %s') % employee.name, 'employee_id': employee.id, 'holiday_status_id': status_id, 'type': 'remove', 'holiday_type': 'employee', 'number_of_days_temp': abs(diff)}, context=context)
         else:
             return False
-        holiday_obj.holidays_confirm(cr, uid, [leave_id])
-        holiday_obj.holidays_validate2(cr, uid, [leave_id])
+        wf_service = netsvc.LocalService("workflow")
+        wf_service.trg_validate(uid, 'hr.holidays', leave_id, 'confirm', cr)
+        wf_service.trg_validate(uid, 'hr.holidays', leave_id, 'validate', cr)
+        wf_service.trg_validate(uid, 'hr.holidays', leave_id, 'second_validate', cr)
         return True
 
    def _get_remaining_days(self, cr, uid, ids, name, args, context=None):
-        cr.execute("SELECT sum(h.number_of_days_temp) as days, h.employee_id from hr_holidays h join hr_holidays_status s on (s.id=h.holiday_status_id) where h.type='add' and h.state='validate' and s.limit=False group by h.employee_id")
+        cr.execute("""SELECT
+                sum(h.number_of_days) as days,
+                h.employee_id 
+            from
+                hr_holidays h
+                join hr_holidays_status s on (s.id=h.holiday_status_id) 
+            where
+                h.state='validate' and
+                s.limit=False and
+                h.employee_id in (%s)
+            group by h.employee_id""", (','.join(map(str,ids)),) )
         res = cr.dictfetchall()
         remaining = {}
         for r in res:
@@ -373,11 +385,10 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
                 remaining[employee_id] = 0.0
         return remaining
 
-
    _columns = {
-        'remaining_leaves': fields.function(_get_remaining_days, string='Remaining Legal Leaves', fnct_inv=_set_remaining_days, type="float", help='Total number of legal leaves allocated to this employee, change this value to create allocation/leave requests.', store=True),
+        'remaining_leaves': fields.function(_get_remaining_days, string='Remaining Legal Leaves', fnct_inv=_set_remaining_days, type="float", help='Total number of legal leaves allocated to this employee, change this value to create allocation/leave requests.'),
     }
 
 hr_employee()
 
-# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
\ No newline at end of file
+# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 3c899cb5a26..5628171f443 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                     <group>
                         <filter icon="terp-check" domain="[('state','=','draft')]" string="To Confirm"/>
                         <filter icon="terp-camera_test" domain="[('state','=','confirm')]" string="To Approve"/>
-                        <filter icon="terp-camera_test" domain="[('state','=','validate')]" string="Validated"/>
+                        <filter icon="terp-camera_test" domain="[('state','=','validate')]" string="Validated" name="validated"/>
                         <separator orientation="vertical"/>
                         <filter string="This Month" icon="terp-go-month" name="This Month" domain="[('date_from','&lt;=',(datetime.date.today()+relativedelta(day=31)).strftime('%%Y-%%m-%%d')),('date_from','&gt;=',(datetime.date.today()-relativedelta(day=1)).strftime('%%Y-%%m-%%d'))]"/>
                         <separator orientation="vertical"/>
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
                             <filter icon="terp-personal+" help="My Department Leaves" domain="[('department_id.manager_id','=',uid)]"/>
                         </field>
                         <field name="holiday_status_id" widget="selection"/>
-                        <field name="date_from"/>
-                        <field name="date_to"/>
                     </group>
                     <newline/>
                     <group expand="0" string="Group By...">
@@ -314,7 +312,7 @@
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
             <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
             <field name="view_id" eval="view_holiday_simple"/>
-            <field name="context">{'search_default_my_leaves': 1, 'search_default_group_type': 1}</field>
+            <field name="context">{'search_default_my_leaves': 1, 'search_default_group_type': 1, 'search_default_validated': 1}</field>
             <field name="domain">[('holiday_type','=','employee')]</field>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_hr_holidays_filter"/>
         </record>
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@
             <field name="model">hr.employee</field>
             <field name="type">tree</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <tree string="Assign Leaves" editable="top">
+                <tree string="Assign Leaves" editable="bottom">
                     <field name="name" string="Employee"/>
                     <field name="remaining_leaves" string="Remaining Legal Leaves"/>
                 </tree>
@@ -467,7 +465,7 @@
             <field name="inherit_id" ref="hr.view_employee_form"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <field name="coach_id" position="after">
-                    <field name="remaining_leaves" string="Remaining Legal Leaves"/>
+                    <field name="remaining_leaves" string="Remaining Legal Leaves" readonly="1"/>
                 </field>
             </field>
         </record>