New Perk for Fast-Food Workers: Finish a Shift, Get Cash to Go

First thought - &quot;that&#x27;s just enabling bad budgeting&quot;<p>But then I realized -- waiting a week, or two, or a month might be considered a loan to the business. Should you get a 2% annual interest for waiting to be paid? Or, because this is already the model everyone&#x27;s been using for so long, does it not really matter? So now I don&#x27;t even know where I stand on it.

Doing away with fixed-duration pay periods may help workers better respond to unplanned expenses <i>and</i> sidestep usurious payday lenders.<p>I would be especially interested in seeing banks offer or partner with services like these as a way of helping unbanked low-income workers access financial services.

Is it actually cash? That seems annoying having to convert it to digital so you can buy stuff online.