Bulk Add Employee is a feature used to add new employee data in bulk. In this section, you will learn how to add new employees or request to add employees all at once using the import feature. However, beforehand, you can first learn a brief overview of the Employee menu here.

Here are the steps.

1. Go to the "Employees" menu, then select Employee directory.
   

2. On the Employee list page, click the "Add Employee" button, then select Import employee.
   

   Important
   The “Add Employee” button may change to “Request employee”, which means you need approval to perform the add employee action for certain roles. This feature can be enabled in the approval settings.
   1. To perform a bulk employee request, click “Request employee”.
   2. You can select “Request” and click Bulk add employee. Then, you can monitor the approval request status in the list below. If you need guidance to perform a single add employee request, read here.
   

3. You will be directed to the Import employee page. Here, you need to select the Template type. Below is the explanation.

   Important
   The options Old template and New template only appear for companies subscribed to Mekari Talenta with payroll systemsSingapore or Malaysia. If you are a customer with an Indonesian payroll system, only one template (old template) will appear, so you do not need to select the Template type.
   

   No.	Option Name	Description
   1.	Old template	This option can be selected if you want to download and use the previous version of the template sheet, which is adjusted to the general Indonesian payroll regulations.
   2.	New template	Select this template type if you want to customize employee payroll data according to specific country regulations, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, or Singapore, which you can choose from the dropdown Employee with payroll country. Additionally, in this template, you also need to complete the tabs Personal info, Employment data, and Payroll data for the selected country, as well as the Tax salary section. This is necessary because payroll regulations differ by country.

4. Click the "down arrow" button to download the available template.
   

5. Open the downloaded file and complete the information in the appropriate columns.

   1. Old Template
      In this template, you need to fill in the required columns on the tab Sheet 1, especially columns marked with the “*” icon indicating mandatory fields. You can follow the provided instructions for filling each column by hovering your cursor over the column header.
      

      You can use the Auto-generate ID feature so you do not need to fill in the Employee ID column one by one by typing ‘AUTOGENERATEID’ in the column.

   2. New Template
      In this template, you need to fill in the required columns on the tabs Payroll Data, Personal Info, and Employment Data, especially columns marked with the “*” icon indicating mandatory fields. You can follow the provided instructions for filling each column by hovering your cursor over the column header.
      

      You can use the Auto-generate ID feature so you do not need to fill in the Employee ID column one by one by typing ‘AUTOGENERATEID’ in the column.

6. Return to the Talenta page, then click the "Choose file" button.
   

7. Click “Submit” then upload the Excel file you have saved.
   

That is how to import employee data in bulk. To add employee data individually, click here.