General advise: Avoid interaction that depends exclusively on hover

This might be a wider spread problem throughout the system:

People that cannot use a mouse (blind, broken arm, Google...) will not be able to reach functionality that is only displayed on hover action. Here is only one example

Side comment:

Use this code for icons that convey meaning:

<a href="#">

<i class="fa-fw fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i>

<span class="sr-only">View contact details</span>

</a>