gig economy

Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week

Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week
Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week
October 01, 2026  |  Payroll

Watch more: Need to Know With Branch’s Atif Siddiqi For workers with unpredictable pay, the problem with saving isn’t necessarily deciding to do it. It...

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Digital Freelancers Find More Work and New Pressure on Pay
Digital Freelancers Find More Work and New Pressure on Pay
September 25, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

AI can produce a first draft. Someone still has to make the finished work worth paying for. The September 2026 edition of The Wage to...

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Hourly Work Changes by the Shift but Payday Doesn’t
Hourly Work Changes by the Shift but Payday Doesn’t
September 15, 2026  |  Payroll

For millions of hourly and shift workers, flexibility is built into when they work but rarely into when they get paid. Labor Economy workers are...

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For Labor Economy Workers, Sick Days Quickly Become Spending Cuts
For Labor Economy Workers, Sick Days Quickly Become Spending Cuts
September 10, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

For roughly 60 million workers in the United States, getting sick is not only a health event. It can be an income event, and, soon...

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Calling Out Sick Costs Labor Economy Workers More
Calling Out Sick Costs Labor Economy Workers More
August 28, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

A sick day may last 24 hours. The financial effects can stay much longer. For millions of workers, one missed shift can reduce the next...

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WorkWhile CEO Wants Earning Power to Become Finance’s Fourth Rail
WorkWhile CEO Wants Earning Power to Become Finance’s Fourth Rail
August 24, 2026  |  Gig Economy

Watch more: Monday Conversation With WorkWhile’s Simon Khalaf For a worker paid by the shift, $200 arriving tomorrow can outweigh an annual income figure that...

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Branch Wants Earned Wage Access to Be a Bridge, Not a Habit
Branch Wants Earned Wage Access to Be a Bridge, Not a Habit
July 28, 2026  |  Payroll

Watch more: Need to Know With Branch’s Atif Siddiqi Before earned wage access became a FinTech category, restaurant workers had a simpler version of it:...

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Fuel Costs Push Employers to Rethink Worker Benefits
Fuel Costs Push Employers to Rethink Worker Benefits
July 03, 2026  |  Gig Economy

Volatile gasoline prices are doing more than squeezing household budgets. Fuel costs are beginning to reshape the labor market by changing which jobs workers can...

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