Friday newspaper round-up: Brexit, bosses, British Airways, Elon Musk
Philip Hammond has warned that the government would have to refocus its priorities if the Brexit negotiations resulted in no deal, as details emerged of a Whitehall contingency plan codenamed Operation Yellowhammer. After Treasury minister John Glen was photographed in Downing Street with a briefing document about planning for no deal, Hammond hinted other areas of public spending would have to take a hit if the UK crashed out next March without an agreement in place. – Guardian
Britain’s worst bosses will have nowhere to hide under plans to survey the quality of jobs in the UK by tracking how workers feel about their managers as well as their mental health and sense of job security. The government is considering measuring the quality as well as quantity of work, amid growing concern that the social and economic benefits of record high levels of employment are being undermined by poor quality, insecure jobs. – Guardian
The days of male colleagues sharing in an after-work pint are over because the tradition alienates female colleagues, according to the boss of the tech giant Uber. Dara Khosrowshahi said that drinking beer “with the guys at work” is wrong and unfair, something he realised after undergoing training to make Uber a more inclusive workplace. – Telegraph
British Airways has launched an “urgent” investigation and notified police after hundreds of thousands of customers’ personal and financial details were stolen. The airline said the hack continued for almost two weeks, between August 21 and September 5, with 380,000 payments compromised. Stolen information did not include travel or passport details. – Telegraph
About 2,000 executives of companies that went on to fail are in line for compensation payments and bigger pensions worth in some cases hundreds of thousands of pounds after a landmark judgment on the UK pensions lifeboat. The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the cap that restricts pension payments to members of schemes rescued by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to a maximum of £35,106 a year was unlawful. – The Times
An American activist investor is suing Elon Musk over allegations that he artificially boosted Tesla’s share price to “burn” short-sellers. Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research and a Tesla short-seller, has accused Mr Musk of using a series of false tweets to damage his short position and those of other investors. – The Times