Intro to Company News & Polls
Keeping your Employees Informed
HR Partner allows Admin Users to broadcast articles and conduct polls to Employees via their Employee Self-Service Portal. Employees can then read and comment on articles, which goes a long way to enhancing that community feel!
Types of Articles
Articles distributed on the ESS can be published as either a News article or a confidential Poll.
News
Whether you want to celebrate a company milestone, shout about an outstanding achievement, or simply update your team on a policy change, news articles are a great way of making sure everybody is in the loop. These are simply posts that can be anything from a punchy one-liner to a plethora of paragraphs of engaging text! Authors can embed images, videos, and links into their articles to help captivate their audience.
To learn how to create News Articles, you can reference our article: Using Company News Articles.
Polls
Perhaps you want to do a quick pulse check to see how people feel about a specific topic or gather ideas for the next team-building exercise. Polls offer a simple and speedy way to help you gather opinions. It's worth noting that while votes are counted within Polls, nobody knows who has voted for which option(s), as it is fully confidential.
To learn how to create a Poll for your employees, reference our article: Using Company Polls.
Editing and Deleting Articles & Polls
News articles and polls can be edited or deleted from the main listing screen. Simply click on the buttons to the right of the new article list line to do so.
Note
Unless you are the main HR Partner company administrator, you can only delete articles and polls that YOU have created yourself.
About Comments
With both News Articles and Polls you can allow your employees to post comments, or not. It is entirely up to you how much discussion you wish to encourage. While this could of course help encourage a community to form amongst your team, like any social media avenue, it also opens up the platform for potential abuse and we therefore recommend some moderation of comments.
As an article author, you can delete any inappropriate or unsuitable comments.