Asda has scrapped its four-day working week trial (Photo: Reuters) Asda has scrapped its flagship four-day working week policy after staff complained the extra hours were leaving them exhausted on their day off. The supermarket chain introduced a flexible work schedule last year, allowing managers to work 44 hours a day, spread over four days, … Read more
Tom SandersPublished Jul 8, 2024, 9:01 AM|Updated July 8, 2024, 11:28 AM Asda has scrapped its four-day working week trial (Photo: Reuters) Asda has scrapped its flagship four-day working week policy after staff complained the extra hours were leaving them exhausted on their day off. The supermarket chain introduced a flexible work schedule last year, … Read more
ASDA has scrapped its four-day working week after staff complained the system left them feeling exhausted. Last year, the supermarket started a trial of flexible working hours for managers, but the reduced hours were rejected by employees. Employees in the trial at 20 Asda stores worked 44 hours over four days instead of five for … Read more
New Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer will make his position known during the Speech from the Throne on July 17. (REUTERS/Reuters) The Labour Party won a landslide victory on Thursday night, taking the British Parliament to 412 seats by Friday afternoon. Eleven members of the outgoing Conservative government lost their seats, in a defeat for … Read more
A new robotaxi service is coming to Croatia, courtesy of Rimac, the country’s largest supercar company. The service will be called Verne, named after French writer and poet Jules Verne, and will launch in Zagreb in 2026, the company said. It’s an interesting pivot for a company that has been on a rocket trajectory in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of Silicon Valley’s largest investment firms, Lightspeed Venture Partners, is shifting its focus to the secondary market, in a sign that the traditional venture capital model is under threat. Lightspeed has filed with the … Read more
Antarctica’s vast ice fields and the floating sea ice that surrounds the continent are Earth’s largest heat shields, reflecting solar radiation away from the planet. Two studies released today show how global warming is penetrating even the sunlight reflector in the coldest region on Earth. Research by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey focused on … Read more
Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s short flight on September 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges and bands that criss-cross the moon’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI /MSSS, Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0) NASA‘s Juno has provided images supporting the theory of true polar wandering … Read more