Announcements in Employee Community

The article provides guidance on creating announcements in the Employee Community. It clarifies that only admins have the authority to publish announcement posts, while regular members cannot. To create an announcement, admins must draft a post, select topics, toggle the "Mark As Announcement" option, and then publish it. Published announcements trigger email and mobile notifications. The article also explains that announcements will appear in the Employee Community widget and can be accessed through the Announcements Feed. Users can filter past announcements in both Employee Community and BambooHR. Additionally, it outlines how to view past announcements posted through the What's Happening widget before enabling the Employee Community.

  • May 13, 2026
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Announcements in Employee Community
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This feature is only included in the Pro and Elite Packages.

Employee Community Announcements

Please note that only admins can publish announcement posts in Employee Community. Regular members will not see the option to publish Announcement posts when they publish posts.

As an admin, you can publish Announcement posts in Employee Community. To create an Announcement post, draft a post as you normally would. When you are ready to publish, click Continue. Then, select your topic(s), toggle on Mark As Announcement, and click Share To... to publish an announcement.

Once published, your announcement will immediately send an email and a mobile app push notification. Published posts must be made Announcement posts in this step and can not be changed retroactively. Editing a published Announcement will not trigger any additional notifications.

If you would like to send a company-wide announcement, you will need to publish it to a group that is required for all employees.

Announcements via What’s Happening Widget

When Employee Community is enabled, your Announcements will be moved from the What's Happening widget into the Employee Community widget. Future Announcements will be published in the Employee Community.

Past announcements posted in Employee Community

You can always access your past announcements posted through Employee Community or within the Employee Community Feed on your BambooHR Home page.

Viewing past announcements in Employee Community

To access past Employee Community announcements, filter the Show dropdown and select Announcements. All past announcements will show in the Announcements Feed.

Viewing past Employee Community announcements in BambooHR

You can also filter your Employee Community feed within BambooHR by clicking the drop-down and selecting Announcements.

Viewing past announcements posted through the What's Happening Widget

Once you've enabled Employee Community, all announcements will be published via Employee Community.

However, if you need to access past announcements prior to enabling Employee Community, navigate to the Inbox Icon and select the Past Announcements.

The Announcements Dashboard will show any published or drafted announcements from your What's Happening widget prior to enabling Employee Community.

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