This feature is to disseminate information to all or a selected group of employees. This announcement would be shown on the employee's dashboard and you, as an administrator, can track the acknowledgment of the employees.

​Note: Once the announcement is published, the employee will receive notifications via email and the mobile app.

Let's get to creating a company announcement on Payboy:
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​Step 1: Head to the Announcement page, which can be found from the left sidebar > Company > Announcements

Step 2: Create a New Announcement, which can be found at the top right of the page

Step 3: After you have filled in the "Display to" field, you may click on "View Employees" to see who will be eligible to see this announcement.

Step 4: You can attach or upload files to the announcement, with up to 5 files allowed in JPG, PNG, or PDF formats.

Step 5: After you have filled in everything, set the Unpublish Date and Unpublish Time, then click on "Publish Now".

Note: There is no acknowledgment button available during announcement creation, however, once the announcement is published, staff will receive a notification and, upon logging into their account, they will be able to view the announcement along with the acknowledgment button to confirm receipt.

Step 6: The announcement is now published for the employees to see on the dashboard.

You will also be able to view which of the employees the announcement has been published to have acknowledged it.

i) You can view it on the Announcements page

OR

ii) You can click on View on the particular announcement followed by View Employee

Under the header "Acknowledge At", the date reflects when a specific employee acknowledged the announcement. Pending indicates that the employee has yet to acknowledge the announcement. 

You can take a look at this article to see how employees view the announcement.