Keep your whole team informed with a built-in employee newsfeed
Broadcast announcements, share files, and track who has read your updates — all inside RosterElf. No email chains, no group chats, no missed messages.
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Broadcast to your entire team
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Require staff acknowledgement
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Available on web and mobile
Employee newsfeed built for shift-based teams
RosterElf's employee newsfeed gives Australian businesses a simple internal communication tool — broadcast team updates to everyone, or target specific sites, from one place. Part of our complete team communication platform.
Post announcements
Create posts with a title, description, and file attachments. Publish to all sites or target specific locations in seconds.
Notify staff instantly
Staff receive push notifications the moment a post goes live. Updates land in their app feed without email or personal messaging apps.
Track acknowledgements
See who has read and acknowledged your posts at a glance. Follow up with staff who haven't responded before it matters.
Broadcast updates to your entire organisation
Replace email chains and group texts
A group text or email chain is not an internal communication strategy — it's just noise.
RosterElf's employee newsfeed gives managers a proper broadcast channel for company announcements: post once, reach everyone. Team updates appear in a central feed inside the app, so there's no hunting through inboxes, no deleted messages, and no confusion about whether staff saw your update.
From shift changes and menu updates to policy notices and company news, the newsfeed keeps your whole team informed without cluttering their personal phones. It's part of RosterElf's complete team communication platform.
Confirm every staff member has read what matters
Know exactly who has acknowledged your posts
Not every update can be ignored. When something critical needs to be read — a safety notice, a policy change, a new procedure — you need to know it landed.
Toggle on the acknowledgement option when creating a newsfeed post. Staff see a clear prompt to confirm they've read it. Managers get a live list showing who has acknowledged and who hasn't — so you can follow up before a shift starts, not after.
It's the kind of built-in accountability that works alongside policy management — giving your internal communications a paper trail, keeping your team compliant and your records clean, without chasing people down manually.
Attach documents, images, and files to any post
Share policies, rosters, and announcements with context
An announcement is more useful when you can attach the document that goes with it.
RosterElf's newsfeed supports file attachments — PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and images — up to 50MB per file. Share updated rosters, Fair Work policy summaries, training resources, or anything else your team needs, right alongside the post.
Everything lives in one place inside the RosterElf work app. No separate file sharing tools, no links to external drives, no confusion about which version is current.
Send updates to specific locations or your whole team
The right people see the right information
Not every announcement applies to every site. Sending a location-specific update to your entire network creates noise — and noise means people stop reading.
With RosterElf's newsfeed, you can post to all sites at once or select specific locations when creating a post. The right staff see the right updates, and everyone else isn't distracted by information that doesn't affect them.
For businesses with multiple venues, branches, or departments, this targeting pairs naturally with site-based rostering to keep operations clear across every location.
Employee newsfeed on web and mobile — post and read anywhere
Managers post on web or smartphone; staff read in the app
Managers aren't always at a desk — and neither are your staff.
Create and publish newsfeed posts from the RosterElf web app or straight from the smartphone app. Staff view updates in their app feed with push notifications arriving the moment something is published, whether they're on the floor, on the road, or between shifts.
The full newsfeed experience works on iOS and Android via the RosterElf mobile app — the same app staff already use to view their rosters, submit timesheets, and manage leave.
Why use RosterElf's employee newsfeed
No more email chains
Replace scattered group texts and mass emails with a central feed. One post reaches everyone — instantly and without the clutter.
Accountability built in
Require staff to acknowledge critical posts. Track who has read your update and follow up with anyone who hasn't responded.
All in one platform
Newsfeed, chat, rosters, timesheets, and payroll — all in one staff communication app. No extra tools, no extra subscriptions, no context switching.
Built for shift-based teams
Designed for hospitality, retail, healthcare, and childcare teams. Reach staff who don't sit at a desk and aren't on a fixed schedule.
Newsfeed connected to your workforce platform
The newsfeed works alongside rostering, time tracking, and HR — keeping communication in context with your daily operations.
What is an employee newsfeed?
An employee newsfeed is a one-to-many internal communication tool that allows managers and admins to broadcast company announcements to their entire team. Unlike two-way messaging tools, a newsfeed is designed for official team updates — policy changes, safety notices, roster announcements, and company news — that everyone needs to see. Staff view posts in a central feed inside the app and can be required to acknowledge critical updates. RosterElf's built-in employee newsfeed keeps Australian workforces informed without relying on personal messaging apps, email chains, or printed noticeboards.
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Read articleFrequently asked questions
- An employee newsfeed is a one-to-many broadcast tool that allows managers and admins to post company announcements, updates, and notices to the entire team. Think of it as a digital company noticeboard — managers publish, staff read. RosterElf's newsfeed integrates directly with rostering, time tracking, and communication tools to keep all workforce information in one place.
- While team chat is designed for two-way conversations between team members, the newsfeed is a broadcast tool for one-to-many announcements. Use the newsfeed for company-wide updates, policy changes, and important notices that everyone needs to see — and use team chat for back-and-forth coordination and quick questions.
- Yes. When creating a newsfeed post, you can choose to publish it to all sites or select specific locations. This means multi-site businesses can send location-specific updates without cluttering the feeds of staff at other sites. The right people see the right information.
- Yes. When you publish a newsfeed post, staff receive push notifications on their mobile devices straight away. This ensures critical updates aren't missed, even if employees aren't actively checking the app. Notifications work seamlessly with the RosterElf mobile app on iOS and Android.
- Yes. When creating a post, toggle on the acknowledgement option. Staff will see the post with a prompt to confirm they have read it. Managers can then view a list of who has acknowledged and who has not, making it easy to follow up before a critical shift or policy change takes effect. This is particularly useful for safety notices, updated procedures, and Fair Work compliance updates.
- Yes. Each newsfeed post supports file attachments including PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and images — up to 50MB per file. This means you can share policy documents, training materials, updated menus, or roster PDFs alongside your announcement, keeping everything in one place.