TechHR — The HR System I Use Myself
TechHR is the most mature product in the Tech Lead portfolio. Not by accident. I do HR for my own company, and every year I find new frustrations with the available tools. TechHR is the answer to those frustrations.
Why We Built TechHR
I run Tech Lead Malaysia, and like other SME owners, I need to handle HR. EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB. When an employee joins, there are 5 forms. When an employee resigns, there are 7 forms. Every month there is payroll. Every year Statutory rules change. I tried many HR systems before building our own. The market typically offers either: built for large companies with HR teams, or too simplified for serious SMEs. Statutory-compliant ones are usually ugly and slow. Ones with good UI typically do not handle Malaysian rules accurately. We built TechHR because we needed it ourselves. And if we needed it, many Malaysian SMEs need it too.
“HR in Malaysia is not about software. It is about Statutory compliance and regulations that change nearly every year. A system that does not update with rule changes is a system that triggers audit penalties on clients without them realizing.”
Insight from building TechHR
What Makes TechHR Different
Not a feature list. What actually makes TechHR work for Malaysian SMEs specifically:
Statutory compliance is not an add-on
EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB/MTD, HRDF all built-in from day one. When Statutory rules change (which happens nearly every year), we update the system, not the client. Clients never miss compliance deadlines.
Bank salary file ready out-of-box
Maybank, CIMB, RHB, Public Bank format support already there. Clients upload directly to bank, no conversion, no manual reformat. That is one hour weekly saved per HR admin.
UBIO Face Scanner integration
Real-time biometric attendance. No more lost punch cards, no buddy punching. Hardware integration native because we spent time at SDK level, not API level.
AI Assistant for employees
Employees ask the AI chatbot HR questions (leave balance, payslip release date, claim status). HR admin gets back time for strategic work, not answering employee FAQs all day.
WhatsApp + Email distribution
Payslips auto-sent to employee WhatsApp. Approval requests auto-sent to supervisor. No more email pile-ups. Notifications on channels employees already use.
Before vs After
How SMEs Handled HR Before TechHR
- Excel payroll that HR admin calculated manually every month
- Punch cards sometimes lost, sometimes employees got friends to punch in
- Paper claim forms piling up on supervisor desks
- Statutory calculations that were error-prone and triggered audit penalties
- Employees asking HR FAQs repeatedly, HR admin overloaded
After Adopting TechHR
- Auto-calculate payroll with Statutory built-in
- UBIO biometric real-time, no buddy punching
- Digital workflow for leave and claim approvals
- Bank salary files ready to upload, no conversion
- AI Assistant answers employee FAQs, HR admin focuses on strategic work
How TechHR Operates
Multi-tenant Laravel 12 backend with database-level tenant isolation via Sanctum. Each SME client gets their own sandbox. UBIO Face Scanner SDK integration in backend to handle biometric data securely. AI Assistant powered by Anthropic Claude with context scoped per tenant to prevent data leakage. WhatsApp Business API for payslip distribution and approval notifications. Centralized Statutory rate engine so when Malaysian rules change, we update once and all tenants benefit. Bank salary file generators supporting Maybank, CIMB, RHB, Public Bank formats.
Full Stack
For SMEs That Adopt TechHR
Impact Per Stakeholder
TechHR changes how 3 stakeholders in an SME work.
SME Owner
- Statutory liability eliminated
- HR cost predictable per employee
- Audit always ready
- Visibility into HR analytics without asking HR admin to generate reports
HR Admin
- Payroll automation saves hours weekly
- AI Assistant handles employee FAQs
- Bank salary file no conversion needed
- Focus on strategic HR work, not admin tasks
Employees
- Digital payslip on WhatsApp
- Apply leave from mobile in 30 seconds
- AI Assistant answers questions instantly
- Self-service for most needs
For SME Owners Considering TechHR
- →Statutory compliance Malaysia is complex: handle EPF/SOCSO/EIS/PCB/HRDF correctly or face audit penalties.
- →Biometric attendance (UBIO) eliminates buddy punching and ensures accurate attendance.
- →AI Assistant (chatbot) reduces HR admin workload by answering employee FAQs automatically.
Set up HR for your SME
30-minute demo. I show how TechHR handles Statutory, payroll, and compliance for your SME size. Contact us to schedule.
