How Pain at the Pump Just Became a Staffing Problem

The shift isn’t worth the drive, and workers are doing the math. “ When the Drive Isn’t Worth the Pay: How Fuel Costs Reshape Who Can Afford to Work ,” the June edition of the Wage to Wallet Index ,  shows how rising fuel costs are changing the economics of work for hourly, gig, seasonal and shift-based workers. It examines a problem that employers, workforce platforms, banks, FinTechs and payments providers can no longer treat as a household-budget issue alone.