Rippling Insights & People Ops Blog

Brad Williams

October 22, 2026

Payroll

Year-End Payroll and HR Close on Rippling: The Q4 Checklist for 2026

Year-end payroll mistakes turn into tax-form problems in January. A month-by-month Q4 checklist for HR and finance teams on Rippling: data cleanup, 2026 numbers worth knowing, December cut-offs, and what to do before W-2 and 1099 deadlines arrive.

Payroll

Deep Litt

October 15, 2026

Performance Management

How to Design a Performance Review Cycle That Doesn't Destroy Morale

Most performance review processes are designed for the organization's record-keeping needs, not the employee's development. Here's how to design a review cycle that produces honest feedback, supports real calibration, and doesn't make people dread the month of their review.

Performance Management

Ravin Bindra

October 1, 2026

Rippling SCIM and SSO in Depth: What IT Actually Configures and Why It Matters

SCIM and SSO are the technical foundation of automated user provisioning — but most Rippling implementations treat them as checkbox items rather than strategic infrastructure. A practical guide to what IT actually configures: attribute mapping, SAML vs. OIDC, group-based provisioning, and the failure modes worth designing around.

Carolyn Lee

September 17, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

Benefits Renewal Season Survival Guide: What to Do 90, 60, and 30 Days Out on Rippling

Benefits renewal is one of the highest-stakes, most time-compressed HR operations tasks of the year. A 90/60/30-day countdown for HR and ops teams using Rippling — covering carrier coordination, employee communication, open enrollment configuration, and what to do when things go sideways.

Rippling Best Practices

Lissy Spencer

September 4, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

How to Build an Onboarding Workflow in Rippling That Actually Runs Itself

Most Rippling onboarding workflows stop at Day 1 and rely on reminders instead of automation. Here's how to build a workflow that spans offer-accept to 60 days, handles conditional branching by role and jurisdiction, and removes the manual hand-offs where things actually fall apart.

Rippling Best Practices

Ravin Bindra

August 27, 2026

Compliance

The 2026 Employment Law Compliance Checklist: What's Changed and What Your HR System Needs to Handle

From pay transparency mandates to new leave entitlements and AI hiring regulations, 2026 brought a dense wave of employment law changes across North America. Here's a practical compliance checklist — and a candid look at what your HRIS needs to be doing to keep you current.

Compliance

Darin Herle

August 19, 2026

Rippling Platform

Rippling Integrations and HR Tech Stack Strategy: How to Think About What You Connect and Why

The average mid-market company's HR tech stack wasn't designed — it accumulated. Integration is how you fix it. But a technical connection between two systems isn't the same as a useful one. This guide covers which Rippling integrations actually change operations, how to evaluate them, and what architecture decisions you're making implicitly when you add a tool to your stack.

Rippling Platform

Deep Litt

August 7, 2026

PeopleOps

How to Build a Manager Onboarding Program That Actually Changes Behavior

Most companies onboard employees carefully and managers haphazardly. Manager quality is the single strongest predictor of employee retention — yet new managers are routinely left to figure it out on their own in the first 90 days. This guide covers what a serious manager onboarding program looks like and how to build one that actually changes behavior.

PeopleOps

Brad Williams

July 30, 2026

Rippling Platform

Rippling Global Payroll in 2026: The Mid-Market Guide to International Payroll Architecture

Most mid-market companies built their global payroll architecture accidentally. Local vendors, EOR relationships, and manual reconciliation compound in cost as headcount grows internationally. This guide covers how Rippling Global Payroll closes the gap — and what architecture decisions to make before you start building.

Rippling Platform

Darin Herle

July 24, 2026

Rippling Platform

Rippling's New AI Layer: What Automated Compliance and Natural-Language Querying Actually Change in 2026

Rippling shipped two real AI capabilities in 2026: Automated Compliance for SOC 2 readiness and natural-language querying across HR, IT, and finance. A practitioner's read on what each actually delivers, where it falls short, and why both reward a clean instance.

Rippling Platform

Tonya Mitchell

July 20, 2026

What Is Identity Lifecycle Management — And Why HR Owns the Trigger

Identity lifecycle management sounds like an IT problem. It isn't — or at least not only. The trigger for nearly every identity event in a company's environment originates in HR. This post explains what ILM actually is, what the joiner-mover-leaver framework means operationally, and how a well-configured Rippling environment makes the connection between HR events and identity outcomes automatic.

Deep Litt

July 11, 2026

Compliance

The AI Hiring Compliance Patchwork Just Got Worse: A 2026 Operator's Guide Amid the Federal-State Fight

Illinois is live, Colorado lands June 30, twenty states now regulate HR data, and a federal executive order is fighting all of it. Chasing each statute is a losing game. Here's the highest-common-standard posture that holds up regardless of how the fight resolves.

Compliance

Tonya Mitchell

June 21, 2026

Offboarding Is Still a Security Event — Now It Writes Your Audit Trail Too

We said offboarding was a security event. In 2026, with Rippling's Automated Compliance, the same lifecycle data that closes your security exposure also becomes the evidence you hand an auditor. That rewards clean operations and exposes sloppy ones.

Tonya Mitchell

June 6, 2026

Offboarding Is a Security Event: The Rippling IT Playbook for 2026

Most organizations treat offboarding as an HR task with an IT footnote — and pay for it with lingering access, data breaches, and compliance failures. This post lays out why offboarding is a security event, what Rippling's offboarding architecture actually does, and the specific gaps that require deliberate design decisions to close.

Brad Williams

June 1, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

How to Build a Compensation Philosophy That Actually Works on Rippling

Most mid-market companies either have no written compensation philosophy or one too vague to guide a real pay decision. This guide covers how to build one that can — and how to make Rippling's Compensation Bands enforce it automatically.

Rippling Best Practices

Darin Herle

May 15, 2026

Technology

Rippling vs. Workday vs. BambooHR: The Mid-Market Decision Guide for 2026

Rippling, Workday, and BambooHR serve genuinely different buyers. BambooHR wins on simplicity for early-stage SMBs. Workday is built for enterprise scale. Rippling is the mid-market platform of choice for companies that need HR, IT, and Finance unified under one automation layer. This guide cuts through the vendor noise with honest positioning, real pricing data, and a practical decision framework for the 50–1,000 employee range.

Technology

Brad Williams

April 29, 2026

PeopleOps

The Fractional HR Playbook: When to Hire, When to Outsource, and When to Let Rippling Handle It

Most founders manage HR themselves until it breaks. This guide cuts through the confusion: when fractional HR is the right move, when you genuinely need a full-time hire, and where Rippling automation can replace both — with a practical decision framework for every growth stage.

PeopleOps

Deep Litt

April 10, 2026

Technology

What AI Agents Actually Do in HR Right Now: A No-Hype Guide for 2026

AI agents have moved past the proof-of-concept stage in HR. This guide breaks down what's actually working in 2026 — from recruiting automation and helpdesk deflection to Rippling AI's new data-grounded analytics — what's still vaporware, and a practical framework for deciding where to start.

Technology

Darin Herle

March 24, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

How Much Does a Rippling Implementation Cost in 2026?

Rippling implementations typically cost $5,000–$75,000+, depending on complexity and delivery model. Lower-cost, self-led approaches require more internal effort and carry higher risk, while managed or partner-led implementations cost more upfront but deliver more reliable outcomes. The biggest cost drivers are payroll complexity, integrations, data quality, and long-term system ownership.

Rippling Best Practices

Lioba Weir

February 26, 2026

Rippling Platform

Rippling Modules Explained: Which Ones Do You Actually Need?

Rippling includes HR, payroll, IT, finance, and global workforce modules that can be bundled into a custom stack. Most companies should begin with HRIS, Payroll, and Benefits, then add tools like IAM, Time Tracking, Expense Management, or EOR based on operational pain points. The Unity Platform connects everything, enabling cross-system automation. Choosing the right modules — and sequencing them properly — determines whether Rippling becomes a cost center or a productivity multiplier.

Rippling Platform

Ravin Bindra

February 4, 2026

Rippling Platform

Rippling Feature Deep Dive for 2026 Planning: What Shipped Recently and Why It Matters

Rippling’s 2026 direction is about platform maturity, not new features. Recent updates emphasize safer change management, higher-volume operations, stronger access governance, and more controlled AI-assisted hiring. Finance and global payroll improvements reduce administrative friction while deepening compliance. Together, these changes reinforce Rippling’s position as a People Operations operating system built for scale, governance, and efficiency.

Rippling Platform

Carolyn Lee

January 29, 2026

Global Payroll

The Real Cost of “Global Payroll”: What Vendors Don’t Explain and What You Need to Ask Before You Sign

Global payroll is not a simple software feature but a complex operating model involving local compliance, payroll execution, and vendor coordination across countries. Costs and risk often surface after go-live through payroll exceptions, FX exposure, and unclear ownership. Platforms like Rippling provide strong central control, but success depends on clear employment models, defined accountability, and ongoing governance.

Global Payroll

Tonya Mitchell

January 23, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

Rippling HealthChecks: Why “Set It and Forget It” Breaks HR Platforms After Year One

Most Rippling implementations quietly degrade within 12 to 18 months as organizations change and governance slips. Workflows slow down, permissions drift, payroll exceptions rise, and reporting loses trust, even though the system still “works.” A Rippling HealthCheck realigns configuration with current operations by reviewing workflows, access controls, payroll, reporting, and identity automation. The result is lower risk, better efficiency, and renewed confidence in the platform as core infrastructure rather than static software.

Rippling Best Practices

Tonya Mitchell

January 13, 2026

Rippling IT as a Standalone Platform: What We Learned Implementing IT Without HR or Payroll

Rippling IT can operate effectively as a **standalone platform** for managing identity, access, and devices, even without HR or Payroll. Based on our implementation for a leading mid-market private equity firm, the real value comes not from the tool itself but from designing the right operating model—clear identity sources, role-based access, and disciplined offboarding. When implemented thoughtfully, Rippling IT reduces access risk, controls SaaS sprawl, and gives mid-market teams meaningful operational leverage.

Brad Williams

January 9, 2026

PeopleOps

The Manager Gap: Why New Managers Are Burning Out—and How PeopleOps Can Fix It

New managers often burn out because they’re promoted without clear expectations, training, or support, then expected to juggle delivery, people leadership, and operations at once. Research shows manager quality is a major driver of engagement and performance, yet many organizations fail to properly onboard managers. A lightweight PeopleOps approach—defining the manager role, providing a 30–60–90 plan, focusing on essential skills, and adding guardrails against overload—can significantly improve outcomes.

PeopleOps

Deep Litt

January 1, 2026

Rippling Best Practices

Why “All-in-One” HR Platforms Only Work If You Design the System

All-in-one HR platforms only work when designed as an operating system, not deployed as disconnected modules. Rippling’s unified data and cross-functional features can drive real efficiency, but without clear ownership, standardized data, and governance, fragmentation persists. Real value comes from intentional system design and lifecycle workflows—otherwise, it’s just a better UI on the same problems.

Rippling Best Practices

Lissy Spencer

December 24, 2025

Career

The End of the Career Ladder: How High Performers Actually Grow in 2026

It's 2026, and career ladders are breaking down as flatter organizations, faster skill change, and AI reduce traditional promotion paths. Research shows high performers now grow by expanding scope, building in-demand skills, moving laterally, and earning trust through outcomes—not by waiting for titles. Employees must manage careers as portfolios of skills and impact, while PeopleOps and HR must redefine growth around scope and mobility, enable managers in leaner orgs, and ensure fair access to opportunity or risk losing top talent.

Career

Darin Herle

December 18, 2025

HR’s Identity Crisis: Are We Administrators, Coaches, or Strategists?

HR’s identity crisis stems from being expected to deliver administration, coaching, and strategy at once—often without the structure or authority to do so. Research shows that weak manager effectiveness and poor career development are now real business constraints, yet HR is still treated as a catch-all function. The solution isn’t choosing a single role, but designing HR as people performance infrastructure: reliable operations, clear systems, and guardrails that enable managers and leaders to drive fair, scalable performance.

Ravin Bindra

December 8, 2025

Performance Management

Why 2025 Is the Year HR Teams Finally Fix Performance Reviews — and How Rippling Makes It Possible

Performance management is shifting fast as hybrid work and new expectations make annual reviews obsolete. Rippling’s unified tools—goals, reviews, 1:1s, and workflows—help companies move to continuous, fair, and data-driven performance cycles without the manual burden. With the right framework and rollout, HR can turn reviews into a simple, growth-focused system.

Performance Management

Brad Williams

November 25, 2025

Payroll

The ROI of Managed Payroll: A Model CFOs Can Actually Use

Most mid-market companies dramatically underestimate the true cost of in-house payroll, which includes not just staff and software but frequent errors, rework, integrations, and compliance exposure. When you account for these hidden costs—often totaling $400k+ annually for a 500–600 person company—managed payroll on Rippling with a partner like thePeopleStack typically cuts expenses nearly in half while improving accuracy and reducing risk. The combination of automation, expert oversight, and fewer systems delivers a strong financial case, with ROI commonly approaching 90%.

Payroll

Carolyn Lee

November 15, 2025

Rippling Best Practices

What Failing HRIS Implementations Have in Common—and How to Avoid Them

Most HR tech implementations don’t fail because of the software—they fail because teams skip the basics: clear goals, data cleanup, change management, realistic timelines, and cross-functional ownership. In Rippling projects, where HR, IT, payroll, and spend intersect, these gaps are amplified. thePeopleStack’s rescue work shows the same pattern: rushing into configuration, weak adoption, and treating go-live as the finish line. Successful implementations do the opposite—define outcomes, prepare data, manage change deliberately, and optimize after launch.

Rippling Best Practices

Tonya Mitchell

October 8, 2025

Why Mid-Market Companies Are Moving from Managed Payroll to Managed PeopleOps

Mid-market companies are shifting from simple payroll outsourcing to Managed PeopleOps — a holistic model that unifies HR, IT, and Finance under one integrated platform like Rippling. This evolution is driven by rising compliance complexity, AI-driven automation, pay transparency, and the need for measurable ROI. Managed PeopleOps goes beyond processing paychecks; it delivers outcomes like faster onboarding, lower errors, stronger compliance, and actionable workforce insights — aligning people operations with business strategy and financial performance.

Brad Williams

September 24, 2025

The new retention playbook: career lattices, micro-upskilling, and manager hygiene (with Rippling how-tos)

Retention in 2025 is a system built on three levers: career lattices (visible internal paths), micro-upskilling (short, outcome-tied learning), and manager hygiene (consistent 1:1s and recognition). In Rippling, you operationalize it with custom fields and Configurable Profiles, LMS micro-paths linked to Goals/Reviews, Workflow Studio automations, monthly Pulse surveys, and Analytics dashboards—then track mobility, upskilling completion, 1:1 adherence, eNPS, and regretted attrition over a 90-day rollout.

Deep Litt

September 9, 2025

Rippling Best Practices

Workflow Studio power moves: 7 automations that save HR hours every week

Rippling’s Workflow Studio turns repetitive HR/IT/Finance tasks into hands-off, auditable automations. Seven quick wins—pre-boarding summaries, 30/60/90 check-ins, I-9 guardrails, spend enforcement, one-click offboarding, cleaner interview scheduling, and PTO nudges—use 2025 upgrades (summary/individual emails, precise scheduling, organizer control); track onboarding, I-9 timeliness, exceptions, deprovision speed, device returns, and license waste.

Rippling Best Practices

Ravin Bindra

August 28, 2025

Technology

AI in Hiring Meets the Law (2025): A Rippling Playbook for NYC, Illinois, Maryland—And What’s Next in Colorado

New laws in NYC, Illinois, Maryland, and soon Colorado require employers to provide bias audits, candidate notices, and consent when using AI in hiring, with steep compliance risks if ignored. Rippling can be configured with custom fields, workflows, and document templates to automate notices, track audits, enforce waiting periods, capture consent, and manage data retention, making compliance “default-on.”

Technology

Carolyn Lee

August 12, 2025

Rippling Best Practices

Rippling App Studio: A New Era of Custom PeopleOps Applications

Rippling’s App Studio, launched in July 2025, is a no-/low-code builder for creating custom internal apps on Rippling’s Employee Graph, with native permissions, workflows, and analytics. Unlike the App Shop, which hosts third-party integrations, App Studio apps are internal-only, giving PeopleOps teams faster automation, built-in compliance, and fewer siloed tools.

Rippling Best Practices

Darin Herle

July 25, 2025

Mental Health Is Not a Perk: Building Holistic Wellness Programs in 2025

In 2025, mental health isn’t a perk—it’s essential to business success. Companies are shifting from surface-level wellness to holistic strategies focused on psychological safety, flexible work, manager training, and smarter benefits. Backed by research from Deloitte and Gallup, leading organizations now embed mental health into daily operations, using data and open dialogue to support teams and reduce burnout. When treated as core infrastructure, wellbeing drives retention, trust, and performance.

Tonya Mitchell

July 8, 2025

Workplace

Designing the Workplace for a Post-Hybrid Era

In 2025, hybrid work is less about location and more about designing experiences that support focus, flexibility, and connection. Offices are for intentional gatherings, while digital tools serve as the true workplace. People Ops leaders are key to creating seamless, async-first environments that help teams thrive across both physical and virtual spaces.

Workplace

Brad Williams

June 18, 2025

Integrations

Integrating JotForm with Rippling Using the API and Custom Objects

We used Rippling’s API and Custom Objects to integrate a client’s JotForm-based performance review process with Rippling’s Performance Management module. The result was a seamless two-stage workflow that preserved their existing forms while syncing data into Rippling for centralized tracking, approvals, and reporting—demonstrating how Rippling can flex to fit complex real-world needs.

Integrations

Deep Litt

May 1, 2025

Rippling Best Practices

How to Nail your Rippling Implementation: Notes from the Field

Rippling is powerful—but only if it’s implemented right. Whether you're setting up HRIS, payroll, IT, or spend management, a successful rollout starts with clear goals, clean data, phased deployment, and strong internal training. Use workflows, custom fields, and permission sets early, and always test in sandbox before going live.

Rippling Best Practices

Tonya Mitchell

April 15, 2025

Technology

The Role of AI in People Operations: Revolutionizing HR in 2025

AI is transforming People Operations in 2025 by automating HR processes, enhancing decision-making, and improving employee experiences. From recruiting and onboarding to performance management and employee wellness, AI enables HR teams to streamline operations and foster engagement, helping organizations optimize people strategies and drive business success.

Technology

Brad Williams

March 5, 2025

Rippling Services

Managed Services on the Rippling Platform

Not sure what Managed Services are or why you'd need them? We’ve got you. In this post, we break it down and show how thePeopleStack helps take the busywork out of Rippling—things like global payroll, onboarding, workflows, and compliance—so your team can stay focused on what actually matters: growing the business.

Rippling Services

Darin Herle

February 12, 2025

Integrations

Ripplng + Salesforce Integration

Integrating Rippling with Salesforce streamlines HR and sales alignment by automating onboarding, payroll, access control, and performance tracking, enhancing efficiency and security.

Integrations

Tonya Mitchell

January 12, 2025

Technology

Maximizing your Rippling Tech Stack

Integrating Rippling with tools like Salesforce, Slack, QuickBooks, Google Workspace, and Okta enhances HR automation, security, and efficiency, streamlining payroll, IT management, and employee experience.

Technology

Brad Williams

December 10, 2024

Culture

You're onboarding new employees WRONG

Company culture starts from the first day you welcome new employees to your firm.

Culture

Andrew Mathews

November 28, 2024

Compliance

Preparing for 2025 Employment Law Changes: How Rippling Can Help Your Business Stay Compliant

Upcoming 2025 employment law changes in the U.S. and Canada will significantly impact businesses, but Rippling’s automated compliance tools and robust HR features can help organizations stay ahead and confidently adapt to evolving regulations.

Compliance

Darin Herle

October 22, 2024

Rippling Modules

We take Rippling time tracking for a test drive

Rippling's new time tracking boosts efficiency with automation, compliance tools, and payroll sync, ideal for businesses of all sizes.

Rippling Modules

Andrew Mathews

September 17, 2024

Global Hiring

Understanding compliance issues when hiring globally

Hiring global remote employees requires navigating complex compliance challenges, including local labor laws, taxes, benefits, data privacy, and worker classification, best addressed through expert guidance or global HR solutions.

Global Hiring

Brad Williams

August 28, 2024

The signs your growing business needs someone in HR

Content Management System (CMS) architecture refers to the structure and design of a CMS, which allows users to create, manage, and modify digital content efficiently.

Andrew Mathews

July 16, 2024

Rippling Modules

Rippling LMS - Continuous learning and compliance at your fingertips

Rippling LMS streamlines employee training and development with automated assignments, customizable courses, compliance tracking, and seamless integration into Rippling’s HR platform, making it ideal for businesses of all sizes.

Rippling Modules

thePeopleStack's Blog on HCM

Brad Williams

Year-End Payroll and HR Close on Rippling: The Q4 Checklist for 2026

Deep Litt

How to Design a Performance Review Cycle That Doesn't Destroy Morale

Ravin Bindra

Rippling SCIM and SSO in Depth: What IT Actually Configures and Why It Matters

Carolyn Lee

Benefits Renewal Season Survival Guide: What to Do 90, 60, and 30 Days Out on Rippling

Lissy Spencer

How to Build an Onboarding Workflow in Rippling That Actually Runs Itself

Ravin Bindra

The 2026 Employment Law Compliance Checklist: What's Changed and What Your HR System Needs to Handle

Darin Herle

Rippling Integrations and HR Tech Stack Strategy: How to Think About What You Connect and Why

Deep Litt

How to Build a Manager Onboarding Program That Actually Changes Behavior

Brad Williams

Rippling Global Payroll in 2026: The Mid-Market Guide to International Payroll Architecture

Darin Herle

Rippling's New AI Layer: What Automated Compliance and Natural-Language Querying Actually Change in 2026

Tonya Mitchell

What Is Identity Lifecycle Management — And Why HR Owns the Trigger

Deep Litt

The AI Hiring Compliance Patchwork Just Got Worse: A 2026 Operator's Guide Amid the Federal-State Fight

Tonya Mitchell

Offboarding Is Still a Security Event — Now It Writes Your Audit Trail Too

Tonya Mitchell

Offboarding Is a Security Event: The Rippling IT Playbook for 2026

Brad Williams

How to Build a Compensation Philosophy That Actually Works on Rippling

Darin Herle

Rippling vs. Workday vs. BambooHR: The Mid-Market Decision Guide for 2026

Brad Williams

The Fractional HR Playbook: When to Hire, When to Outsource, and When to Let Rippling Handle It

Deep Litt

What AI Agents Actually Do in HR Right Now: A No-Hype Guide for 2026

Darin Herle

How Much Does a Rippling Implementation Cost in 2026?

Lioba Weir

Rippling Modules Explained: Which Ones Do You Actually Need?

Ravin Bindra

Rippling Feature Deep Dive for 2026 Planning: What Shipped Recently and Why It Matters

Carolyn Lee

The Real Cost of “Global Payroll”: What Vendors Don’t Explain and What You Need to Ask Before You Sign

Tonya Mitchell

Rippling HealthChecks: Why “Set It and Forget It” Breaks HR Platforms After Year One

Tonya Mitchell

Rippling IT as a Standalone Platform: What We Learned Implementing IT Without HR or Payroll

Brad Williams

The Manager Gap: Why New Managers Are Burning Out—and How PeopleOps Can Fix It

Deep Litt

Why “All-in-One” HR Platforms Only Work If You Design the System

Lissy Spencer

The End of the Career Ladder: How High Performers Actually Grow in 2026

Darin Herle

HR’s Identity Crisis: Are We Administrators, Coaches, or Strategists?

Ravin Bindra

Why 2025 Is the Year HR Teams Finally Fix Performance Reviews — and How Rippling Makes It Possible

Brad Williams

The ROI of Managed Payroll: A Model CFOs Can Actually Use

Carolyn Lee

What Failing HRIS Implementations Have in Common—and How to Avoid Them

Tonya Mitchell

Why Mid-Market Companies Are Moving from Managed Payroll to Managed PeopleOps

Brad Williams

The new retention playbook: career lattices, micro-upskilling, and manager hygiene (with Rippling how-tos)

Deep Litt

Workflow Studio power moves: 7 automations that save HR hours every week

Ravin Bindra

AI in Hiring Meets the Law (2025): A Rippling Playbook for NYC, Illinois, Maryland—And What’s Next in Colorado

Carolyn Lee

Rippling App Studio: A New Era of Custom PeopleOps Applications

Darin Herle

Mental Health Is Not a Perk: Building Holistic Wellness Programs in 2025

Tonya Mitchell

Designing the Workplace for a Post-Hybrid Era

Brad Williams

Integrating JotForm with Rippling Using the API and Custom Objects

Deep Litt