Women, students exploited due to super threshold

The ability of employers to exploit casual workforces made up mainly of women and students would be reduced if the Turnbull government removes a $450 minimum income level for superannuation guarantee payments, a federal inquiry has been told.

Call for CEOs, rich to forgo tax cut from end of debt levy

Shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh wants the nation's highly-paid chief executives and politicians to forgo a big tax cut they are due to get on July 1.

Investors to vote against company boards without enough women

Company boards are on notice. The world's third largest asset manager will use its proxy voting powers to influence greater gender diversity.

What's a woman really worth? The $345b value of unpaid work to Australia's economy

Why is it that a mother caring for her children produces no "measured" economic value, but the same mother hiring others to look after her children does?

ATO eye cafes, restaurants, beauty salons in illegal cash economy fight

An estimated 400 restaurants and cafés and hair and beauty salons will get a visit from the Tax Office this month.

Vicinity Centres to use robots as cleaners

Vicinty Centres is considering replacing some of its cleaning contractors with robots in a bid to automate and save costs, according to one of the company's non-executive directors, Wai Tang.

Australian boardrooms in 2017: still like Mad Men?

• IN DEPTH

When the media headlines hit about bad behaviour by men at the highest levels of corporate Australia, female board directors can't help but feel despondent.

The ASX200 has a serious cultural, gender diversity problem

• ANALYSIS

We are moving painfully slowly in breaking the glass ceiling, but it's time we also worry about ending the "bamboo ceiling".

Push for company tax cuts as CEOs get big pay is 'hollow'

Corporate Australia may have lost the debate on tax reform, says Australian Institute of Company Directors chairwoman Elizabeth Proust.