Release note

What’s new

Stay up to date and learn about what all the new features and improvements from Mekari Talenta to help you manage everything HR-related better.

03 Okt 2024

Monthly Update : September 2024

Improvement

Time Management | Revamp for Attendance Related Request and Overtime Request Improvement

Introducing an enhanced mobile experience for effortlessly managing attendance, time off, shift changes, and overtime requests. With this update, managers can access more comprehensive data for review, including previous approver comments, and have the flexibility to edit break times before approval.

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Productivity & Engagement | Document Template API: Streamlined Document Export for HR Processes

Introducing the new Document Template API that seamlessly integrates within Talenta’s features or external systems, offering an efficient method to generate and retrieve documents using predefined templates. Exciting times ahead!

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Employee & Company Management | Mobile Revamp for Employee Data Change Requests

Employees can now easily request changes to NIK (NPWP) and multiple bank accounts right from their mobile devices. With admin approval, the process is now more efficient and convenient!

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Performance Review | Customizable 9-Box Matrix: Tailored Talent Mapping for Performance Review

HR teams now have the flexibility to configure the 9-box matrix grid to 3×3, 4×4, or 5×5, allowing tailored talent mapping based on company-specific performance and potential assessments.

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Performance Review | Automatic 9-Box Matrix Generation: Simplifying Talent Mapping for HR

Easily create 9-box matrices using goal and review scores in one assessment, streamlining talent mapping for HR managers. Simplify and enhance talent management effortlessly!

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Payroll & Financial | THR Integration with Payroll History

HR can now effortlessly track and handle THR payments in Payroll History and easily request THR approval using the same flow as payroll approval.

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Payroll & Financial | Selective Payment Schedule Reset

Exciting new feature empowers HR to reset specific payment schedules, giving greater control and flexibility in managing payroll.

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Recruitment | Bulk Job Listing Import

Recruiters can easily upload multiple job listings at once using a CSV template, saving time and simplifying the job posting process.

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Time Management | Payroll Attendance Report Enhancement

Payroll Attendance Reports now include detailed day-offs, holidays, and break information for precise and efficient payroll management.

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Payroll & Financial | Multiple Update Payroll Component

Easily update multiple payroll components for the same employee within a single pay period, with automatic proration calculations for maximum efficiency.

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Payroll & Financial | Revamped Reimbursement System

We’ve updated our reimbursement workflows with a new, easier-to-use interface and added features for requesting, updating, and simulating.

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Performance Review | Simple & Advanced Form of Create Goals

Introducing a simplified version of the goal creation form and process by removing unnecessary attributes, making the creation and management of goals a breeze.

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Productivity & Engagement | Task Payroll Group: Efficient Integration of Task Management and Payroll

HR can now seamlessly combine task completion with payroll processing, ensuring consistent application of payroll components.

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Productivity & Engagement | Team Manager Dashboard

Introducing a new customized dashboard designed for Super Admins, Admins, Employees, and Finance users! Easily monitor productivity, attendance, and key metrics to make data-driven decisions.

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Employee & Company Management | Multi-Company Employee Transfer

Introducing the new feature that allows effortless employee transfers between companies within the same holding group and makes it easier to calculate payroll accurately!

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Time Management | Web Index Revamp for Time Off and Overtime Requests

A revamped web interface featuring a convenient list index inbox. This makes it super easy to manage time off and overtime requests efficiently.

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Time Management | Approve All on Mobile for Attendance Requests

HR now can effortlessly approve all attendance requests at once, boosting the speed and efficiency for approval process!

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Performance Review | Review Template Presets

These ready-to-use templates make creating high-quality performance reviews a breeze, streamlining the entire review process for you.

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Integration | [PaDi] Permata Direct VA on Kredigram

Permata Direct VA is now available as a payroll disbursement option on Kredigram, streamlining the process and offering cost-efficiency.

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Integration | [PaDi] Processing Fee Based on Chosen Transfer Date

Our new processing fee feature lets HR schedule payroll disbursements based on transfer dates, helping businesses optimize costs.

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Integration | Pending Status Filter

HR can now easily filter employees based on their pending payroll status, making it a breeze to manage salary disbursements that are on hold.

01 Okt 2024

Monthly Update : August 2024

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Engagement & Productivity | Document Template Sync to Employee File

This feature enables HR departments to sync and store exported documents directly in the respective employee’s file. It ensures all employee-related documents, such as contracts, performance reviews, and policy acknowledgments, are consistently formatted, securely stored, and easily accessible within the HRIS

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Time Management | Import Fingerprint TXT without Delimiter

We’ve enhanced the Import Fingerprint feature by adding new date and time format options (Yd and Hms) for TXT files, ensuring compatibility across all import methods (Range, Flag, Time Compare). This improvement provides users with greater flexibility and accuracy in data imports while also offering clear examples of the expected formats to reduce potential errors during the process.

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Payroll Management | THR Improvement for Resigned Employees

In accordance with Permenaker No. 6/2016 Article 7 (3), we have improved the THR calculation for resigned employees. The new feature allows for specific settings: PKWT employees will be excluded from receiving THR if their resignation date falls within 0-30 days from the THR date, while PKWTT employees will remain eligible under the same conditions. This enhancement enables better compliance and accuracy in the payroll process by adjusting the employee list for THR and payroll runs based on their employment status and resignation timing.

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Employee & Company Management | Employee ID Auto Generate

The Employee ID Auto Generate feature automates the creation of unique identification numbers for employees, streamlining the identification and tracking process within the organization. By eliminating the manual assignment of employee IDs, this improvement enhances efficiency, reduces administrative workload, and minimizes the risk of errors.

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Engagement & Productivity | Forms & Loan Features Integration

This new feature integrates the Form and Loan functionalities within Mekari Talenta, enabling a seamless connection that streamlines the loan application process requiring approval. This enhancement simplifies the workflow for employees seeking loans by allowing them to fill out forms directly linked to the loan application, ensuring a more efficient and organized approval process.

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Engagement & Productivity | New Format Document Template Date Shortcode

The date shortcode format in document templates has been improved from the previous DD-MM-YYYY (e.g., 02-01-2024) to the new DD Month YYYY format (e.g., 02 January 2024). This update enhances flexibility and ensures compliance in date representation across all generated documents, providing a clearer and more user-friendly format.

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Time Management | Attendance Related Notification Service

Users can now customize their notification preferences for various actions within the Time Management module, ensuring they receive relevant updates according to their specific needs.

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Recruitment | Integration Requisition MPP with New Recruitment

This feature allows recruiters and HR teams to efficiently manage and track the entire recruitment process from requisition to hiring. By automating the transition of requisition data into the recruitment process, it significantly reduces manual input, improves accuracy, and streamlines the overall workflow, enhancing the effectiveness of recruitment efforts.

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Engagement & Productivity | Document Template x Mekari Sign

By integrating Document Templates feature with Mekari Sign, HR admins can streamline the signature collection process, enhance document security, and reduce the time and effort required for managing important HR documents.

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Engagement & Productivity | Task ID (Dekstop & Mobile)

This update introduces the Emerging Task ID feature. With this new feature, users will see a unique Task ID associated with each task, visible in the Task Index, Task Details, and Inbox on desktop and mobile interfaces.

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Payroll Management | Payroll Component Formula Prorate

This enhancement automates the calculation of prorated payroll components, such as salaries, benefits, and deductions, for employees who start or leave their jobs on dates that do not align with the payroll cut-off. By automating this calculation when an employee is assigned a payroll component formula (branch, organization, job position, and job level) during a mid-cut-off transfer, operations are streamlined, ensuring compliance with legal and contractual obligations.

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Payroll Management | BPJS Report Improvement (SIPP)

These enhancements ensure compliance with the latest regulations and facilitate accurate reporting for workforce management. The following templates have been improved are SIPP-Template Tambah Tenaga Kerja, SIPP-Template Tambah Tenaga Kerja (Lanjutan), SIPP-Template Non Aktif Tenaga Kerja.

Monthly Update : July 2024

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Time Management | Auto Reject/Approve Attendance Request

We’ve introduced new functionality to automatically reject or approve attendance-related requests based on the date they were created. This enhancement allows for greater flexibility in managing attendance requests within specific timelines. Additionally, it improves notifications and tracking for rejected or approved requests, ensuring more efficient and transparent attendance management.

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Productivity & Engagement | Timesheet Reskin (Mobile)

We are excited to announce the release of our redesigned Timesheet index and detail pages for mobile devices. This update brings a user-friendly interface, making it easier for users to view and manage their timesheet data on the go. With enhanced functionality and improved usability, our mobile Timesheet pages ensure a seamless and efficient experience for tracking work hours, reviewing entries, and managing time-related tasks.

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Performance Management | Upload Function in 9 Box Matrix

Super Admins can now upload assessment results from third-party vendors, which will be automatically generated into the 9 Box Matrix. This enhancement allows Super Admins to view both the indexed and detailed results of the 9 Box Matrix, providing better insights into employee performance and potential based on external assessments.

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Performance Management | Action Items on 9 Box Matrix Results

Super Admins can now take immediate action based on 9 Box Matrix results by creating Individual Development Plans, assigning successors to the succession plan, and proposing employee transfers. This enhancement simplifies the process following the generation of the 9 Box Matrix, making it easier to implement development strategies and manage talent efficiently.

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Payroll Management | Toggle to Show Actual THP in Payslip

We’ve added a toggle feature that ensures payslips display the actual Take Home Pay (THP), including any negative amounts. This improvement enhances transparency and builds trust in the payroll process by showing the accurate THP, even when deductions result in a negative balance.

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Payroll Management | Payroll Formula Reprimand

Introducing an automated payroll formula for reprimands, allowing companies to apply financial penalties for employee misconduct, such as repeated tardiness or unapproved absences. This enhancement ensures fair, accurate, and efficient enforcement of company policies, reducing manual calculations and streamlining the payroll process.

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Time Management | Lock Attendance

The new attendance locking feature enhances HR activities by ensuring the integrity of attendance data, which is crucial for accurate payroll processing. This feature helps prevent unauthorized changes to attendance records, thereby safeguarding the payroll process from discrepancies and errors. It addresses the needs of large enterprises that require stringent controls over their attendance data to maintain data integrity and compliance

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Employee & Company Management | Payroll Info Revamp

We have enhanced the payroll information feature to provide employees with greater control and flexibility. Employees can now independently update their personal payroll data, ensuring records remain accurate and current. Additionally, they can add and manage multiple bank accounts for payroll distribution, offering more convenience. This revamp also supports the input and maintenance of the 16-digit NPWP (Taxpayer Identification Number), ensuring accurate tax reporting and compliance.

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Payroll Management | Batch Run Payroll

Introducing the Batch Run Payroll feature to streamline payroll development and testing. This tool allows users to run payroll for multiple periods and payment schedules in a single process, eliminating the need for manual payroll runs by period and payment schedule.

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Employee & Company Management | Bulk Cancel Employee Transfer

We’ve introduced the ability to bulk cancel employee transfers, allowing users to efficiently manage and reverse multiple employee transfers at once.

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Performance Management | Suggest Score for Goals Based on The Achievement Percentage

HR can now create score criteria based on KPI achievement, enabling the system to automatically suggest KPI/goal scores based on predefined criteria. This reduces the need for manual rating by reviewers, minimizing subjectivity in performance reviews. It also ensures that probation and contract evaluations are more objective, grounded in KPI/goals achievement.

Monthly Update : June 2024

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Payroll | Reskin Mobile Payslip

We’ve updated the user interface for the mobile payslip to provide a more seamless and user-friendly experience. This improvement allows employees to view their payslips more easily and intuitively through the mobile app.

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Productivity & Engagement | Task Creation Reskin (Mobile)

This update brings a fresh and intuitive interface, making it easier than ever for users to create and manage tasks on the go. With enhanced functionality and improved usability, our mobile Task-creation page ensures a seamless and efficient task-management experience for all users.

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Time Management | Time Off Revamp View Policy

The “View Time Off Policy” feature has been enhanced to provide users with comprehensive visibility into their time off policies. Now, users can easily access details such as remaining balances, policy rules, and assigned employees, all in one place for better time-off management.

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Recruitment | New Recruitment Module MVP

We’ve introduced a completely redesigned Recruitment Module, replacing the old version to help HR teams navigate their hiring process with greater ease and precision. This new module streamlines candidate tracking, boosts communication, and offers valuable insights into the hiring pipeline. Key features include application management, resume search within the user’s candidate pool, career page, and robust candidate and hiring stage management, making the entire recruitment journey more fluid and insightful.

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Payroll Management | 1721-VIII

Admins and Super Admins can now generate the 1721-VIII tax form directly from Talenta’s data. Additionally, users have the ability to publish the 1721-VIII tax slip to the Employee Self Service (ESS) portal, making it accessible to employees via both the ESS Web and Mobile apps.

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Productivity & Engagement | Task Approval

Introducing the task-completion approval feature, designed to streamline the process of verifying and approving completed tasks. This enhancement allows team leaders and managers to efficiently review and approve tasks, ensuring greater project accountability and quality control throughout the workflow.

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Performance Management | Layered Score & Goal Only Review Template

We’ve enhanced the performance review process by introducing a layered scoring method, allowing each reviewer to provide two types of scores on the review form for more comprehensive evaluations. Additionally, we’ve enabled a goal-only review template, focused entirely on assessing employee performance based on their goals or KPIs, streamlining the review process for goal-centric evaluations.

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Time Management | Attendance Request Download Attachment on Web

Users can now download the attendance request files directly from the web application, providing easy access to their data.

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Payroll Management | Import E-Bupot

In compliance with the latest regulation (PER-2/PJ/2024), payroll tax (PPh 21) must now be reported through e-Bupot PPh 21/26 instead of e-SPT or DJPOnline. To align with this change, Talenta introduces a new feature allowing users to import taxslip files generated by e-Bupot directly into Talenta. This ensures that taxslips (Bukti Potong) in Talenta (including 1721-VI, 1721-VII, 1721-VIII, and 1721-A1) are identical to those generated by e-Bupot. Employees can access the matching taxslips through the Web and ESS.

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Payroll Management | Automate Deduct Overtime Duration with Multiplier

In accordance with Perppu 2/2022 Article 79, companies are required to provide a minimum of 30 minutes break time for every 4 working hours. However, the regulation does not specify a maximum break time. To support this, we’ve added a flexible setting that automatically deducts overtime duration, with a customizable multiplier, in both the Overtime Company and Master Overtime settings. This enhancement helps businesses accurately manage overtime calculations while adhering to regulatory requirements.

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Time Management | Smart Attendance Phase 2

This new feature aims to streamline the attendance tracking process, significantly reducing manual effort. It also ensures timely notifications are sent to relevant stakeholders regarding any attendance anomalies, promoting better oversight and management of employee attendance

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Employee & Company Management | Approval Setting Revamp-Add New Employee

We’ve revamped the approval settings for adding new employees, enhancing the workflow to streamline the process.

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Employee & Company Management | Two Factor Authentication Enablement

To enhance security and address potential fraud issues on Mekari, particularly concerning access role management, we are implementing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for Admins and Super Admins. This additional layer of security aims to strengthen our protocols and provide robust protection for our users, ensuring a safer and more secure environment.

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Time Management | ESS – Live Attendance Mandatory Notes

Companies can now activate settings for enhanced attendance tracking: first, mandatory notes are required from employees during live attendance actions, ensuring more detailed and accountable records; second, employees must upload mandatory attachments when submitting attendance requests, guaranteeing that all necessary documentation is provided for approval.

12 Jul 2024

Monthly Update : May 2024

New

Productivity & Engagement | Task Bulk Import

Now you can import a large number of tasks in one project at once into the platform quickly and efficiently. This feature is designed to reduce manual workload and potential errors that may occur when inputting tasks individually

Improvement

Time Management | Time Off Setting Revamp

Users will now have a better experience when creating time off policies, with enhanced hierarchy and more detailed information. This revamp provides a clearer and more organized view of all time off policies, making it easier for users to manage and understand their options

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Time Management | Redefine Calendar-Birthday Details & Greetings

Introducting a new feature that enhances how you manage and celebrate birthdays within Mekari Talenta. With Birthday Greetings Walls, users can now send warm greetings on the birthday and the day after, fostering a more connected workplace environment. Additionally, users gain enhanced control by restricting birthday information based on branch and organization, ensuring privacy and controlled access.

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Employee & Company Management | Approval Setting SBU Filter

Approval setting will help HR to specify the rule for the approval, by adding SBU to the approval setting (add employee, request change data, employee transfer). Whenever there is an approval created, it will be managed by the rule of the approval setting, so it can be a more advanced approval request.

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Payroll Management | PKWT Compensation Improvement

Users can now create multiple compensation transactions for an employee within the same period, accommodating scenarios where employees have multiple contracts with overlapping compensation periods. For activation, interested users can request the feature toggled-on via email.

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Productivity & Engagement | Attendance Insights Dashboard-Phase 1

Monitor and analyze employee attendance with our enhanced dashboard, providing detailed
insights into attendance patterns and trends.

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Payroll Management | Automated Deduct Overtime Duration

Introducing a new feature to ensure compliance with Perppu 2/2022 Article 79. Companies can now automate overtime duration deduction through settings in both Overtime Company and Master Overtime, streamlining overtime management processes.

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Integration | BSI Virtual Account as Payroll Disbursement Option

We are excited to introduce the integration of Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) Virtual Accounts (VA) as an option for Payroll Disbursement. This update is designed to enhance the payroll disbursement process for organizations utilizing BSI for their banking needs.

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Performance Management | Self Review Using Comment Only

This improvement allows HR to create a self-review form without ratings, so employees will review using comments only. It enables employees to provide justification for their KPI achievements or their self-review on company values, soft competencies, etc.

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Payroll Management | Salary Tax Calculator

Users can now use the salary tax calculator feature to estimate tax and THP (Take-Home Pay) amounts when using the TER method.

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Performance Management | No Baseline Goals

This improvement allows employees to create goals/KPIs without baseline; the achievement percentage will be calculated based on the target value.

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Employee & Company Management | Approvement Accross Company

For companies or groups of companies with subsidiaries, you can now handle approvals across the organization with ease. This ensures clarity and compliance throughout your organization while staying organized and in control.

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