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 Wallet Index is a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and WorkWhile. Digital freelancers are navigating a change in what clients want....
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 hourly, gig, seasonal or shift-based workers earning no more than $25 an hour and typically less than $50,000 a year....
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 afterward, a spending event. PYMNTS Intelligence’s Wage to Wallet Index, a collaboration with WorkWhile, found in August that 26.6% of...
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 paycheck and force a fast change in household spending. The “Wage to Wallet Index: Paid Time, Unpaid Risk” draws on...
October 01, 2026
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 is knowing how much money they can afford to set aside and leave alone. Branch Founder and CEO Atif Siddiqi sees that problem among the hourly, tipped and gig workers […]
September 15, 2026
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 hourly, gig, seasonal or shift-based...
September 10, 2026
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 afterward, a spending event. PYMNTS...
August 24, 2026
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 looks healthy on paper. That’s...
March 25, 2026
Lyft has announced a 60-day program designed to provide relief to Lyft drivers who are facing rising gas prices. The program will include an additional 2% cash back for Elite tier drivers and an additional 1% cash back for Gold and Platinum tier drivers who use a Lyft Direct business debit card at eligible U.S. […]
February 11, 2026
Partnerships and rewards drove growth at Lyft in the fourth quarter. During the quarter, over 25% of the rideshare company’s rides were linked to a partnership, and there was 26%...
December 15, 2025
The New York State Office of the Attorney General (OAG) sued UPS Monday (Dec. 15), alleging that the package delivery company “repeatedly and persistently” underpaid seasonal workers by requiring them...
December 02, 2025
Instacart is suing New York City over the city’s new laws that will govern grocery delivery workers’ pay and tips. The lawsuit targets Local Law 124, Local Law 107 and...
