What's new in Rippling — September '25 Release

Fall is here, and with it brings the opportunity to review your strategy and plan for the new year. These product updates will help you do just that.

From building a feedback culture with 1:1s to controlling hiring spend with our new Budgeting feature, we're giving you the tools you need to build a more productive and engaged workforce.

FEATURED

HCM

Build a feedback culture with 1:1s

Turn routine check-ins into meaningful growth conversations with 1:1s in Performance Management. Document discussions, track action items, and drive accountability with structured meetings between managers and employees. Learn more.

Control your hiring spend with Budgeting

Our new Budgeting feature in Headcount Planning closes the gap between your financial targets and hiring strategy. Now, you can set spending limits and track your hiring plan against your budget in real time throughout the hiring process. Learn more.

Global

Hire and manage your German workforce in Rippling

Rippling's all-in-one platform is now available in Germany, designed to manage the unique complexities of HR, payroll, and IT in Germany. From automating intricate tax and social security calculations to ensuring compliance with mandatory time-tracking laws, our system handles it all. Learn more.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

Platform

Gain more control over custom objects

Set rules for who gets access based on details in the record itself, not just who owns it. For example, you might allow HR managers to view all employee licenses that are set to expire this quarter. Learn more.

Build workflow condition triggers more intuitively

Instead of first choosing between a "current" or "previous" state of an employee field, you can go directly to the field you're interested in and then choose if you want the trigger to fire based on the value before the change, after the change, or if the value changed at all. Learn more.

Eliminate manual data pulls with new history functions

Quickly get insights like an employee’s time in role or date of last raise using the new RQL functions “VALUESASOF” and “DATEOFCHANGE”. Learn more.

Track notifications sent to employees

You can now run a report to see which employees received which email, Slack, SMS, or mobile push alerts, and when. Learn more.

Reduce eye strain with Dark Mode Easily switch to Dark Mode in your account settings, making it easier on your eyes, especially at night or in low-light environments. Learn more.

HCM

Stay on budget with real-time labor costs in Scheduling

You can now view real-time labor costs directly on a schedule, enabling you to make informed decisions about staffing and avoid budget overages. Learn more.

Improve time accuracy with enhanced break surveys

When employees forget to log a break, they can enter the exact start and end times directly in the clock-out survey on mobile or the Timeclock app. Learn more.

Customize recruiting approvals

You can now create custom approval policies, such as routing approvals to the recruiter, their manager, or the hiring manager and more. Learn more about setting up offer letter and job requisition approvals.

Control who participates in upward reviews

Select which employee groups (i.e. Contractors) you’d like to exclude from participating in upward reviews Learn more.

Automate employment verification requests

Rippling has partnered with Equifax to offer employees free, automated verifications of income and employment. Equifax handles these requests automatically and securely, saving you time while giving employees the verifications they need for loans or credit without the wait. Learn more.

Save time by sending onboarding invites in bulk

Send onboarding links to multiple employees or contractors at once. Use filters to target specific groups, like all new managers, and customize the invite for each batch. Learn more.

Spend

More ways to improve your travel experience

Simplify travel and save money with several new updates. Easily upload and book company-negotiated hotel rates, and automatically track and apply airline credits. Plus, get clear check-in instructions for hotel stays, including whether your trip is prepaid and how to share payment details with the hotel. Learn more.

Save time managing spend policies with redesigned interface

We've simplified the spend policy builder, organized policies by type, and surfaced most common actions to help you find what you need and reduce setup time.

IT

Easily sync third-party groups and resolve membership issues

The new user grid and group sync give you a clear view of all members across Rippling and third-party groups, with on-demand refreshes to pull the latest changes. Use flexible push options to keep groups aligned, resolve mismatches with one-click fixes, and track all activity in the sync history. Learn more.

Automatically uninstall software from devices

Rippling will automatically install and uninstall managed software based on your Supergroup settings. IT admins can also manually uninstall any software directly from the device details page. Learn more.

Streamline Apple device management with ABM sync

Syncing your Apple Business Manager (ABM) account with Rippling allows you to manage all your company's Apple devices from a single place, whether purchased through Rippling, Apple, or another vendor. You can assign, track, and prepare devices for enrollment, or release them from ABM with one click. Learn more.

Global

Secure, compliant Payroll for European businesses

Rippling has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) License by the Central Bank of Ireland, underscoring our commitment to rigorous compliance standards and the delivery of reliable financial services to businesses across Europe. Learn more.

Streamline global contractor payments

Give contractors better visibility into upcoming payments, more control over their payments, and access to chat support for payments questions. Support for Contractor Balance has now expanded to companies based in the UK, Canada, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Singapore, and New Zealand. Learn more.

Expedite global pay runs with bank transfers

Get a shorter processing time for your global pay runs by selecting Bank Transfer as a funding method, enabling 2-day payroll. Learn more.

Adding Ukraine to our 70+ EOR countries worldwide

You can now easily hire, pay, and manage employees in Ukraine, all from a single platform. Learn more.

Please note: In accordance with international sanctions, EOR services in Ukraine are not available for employees residing in or working from the following sanctioned regions: Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya. Note that Ukraine EOR is not supported for employees who live or work in sanctioned regions (Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, or Zaporizhzhya).

Quick hits:

• The new tax regime comparison tool provides an accurate comparison of your income tax under the old and new tax regimes in India and allows you to save your declarations. Learn more.

• Our redesigned pay type creation flow in Canada allows you to easily create custom pay types and preview their exact tax treatment, ensuring accurate calculations and reducing the risk of costly errors. Learn more.

See you next month!