On NZ Herald Focus – The Treasury is warning that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs and Islamic State militants launch a major counter-attack on Iraqi government troops in Fallujah. Also Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father again at the age of 68 after his wife gave birth to twin girls.

Look around - in the next few years, most of your colleagues will be gone, a leading workplace expert has warned. But there's good news.

COMMENT: A generation seems not to have the work skills, aptitude and life skills to work for the wages employers are able to pay, writes Bernard Hickey.

New Zealand's jobless rate rose in the first quarter as the nation's labour force recorded its biggest increase in 12 years.

Jobseeker beneficiaries in Canterbury have jumped by 18pc in the past year as the massive rebuild winds down.

Inland Revenue is set to cut 1500 jobs between 2018 and 2021.

The Employment Court has ruled Affco must allow 200 Wairoa freezing workers to return to their jobs.

INTERACTIVE: Unemployment rates have fallen to the lowest level since recession but not everyone is feeling the benefits.

The unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen to a six year low of 5.3 per cent.

An economy with a permanent pool of unemployed and with no real growth in wage rates is also an economy with less purchasing power and demand than it ideally needs, writes Bryan Gould.

Unemployment rate rises to 6 per cent - the first rise in three years.

Unemployment benefit rolls have dropped to a seven-year low in Auckland, but are now rising again in 10 of New Zealand's 14 other regions.

Business confidence extended its decline in the third quarter, plunging to its lowest level in more than four years.

Look around you. Whether you're commuting or reading this at work, it's likely that in just a few years' time, the person to your right or left will have had their job taken by a robot. Maybe it will be yours.

Policymakers inevitably get things wrong from time to time, writes Brian Fallow. But if they are to learn from their mistakes, they first have to acknowledge that they are mistakes.

Workers at Christchurch's New Zealand Post contact centre are devastated to learn their jobs soon won't exist.

The layoffs come after Michael Bloomberg's return about a year ago following three terms as New York mayor.

Digital innovations and the development of robotics are disrupting industries across the globe.

The jobless rate is up as the number of new jobs created fails to keep pace with an expanding population.

Union chief says he received a tip that hundreds of Westpac staff face losing their jobs.

Australian unemployment is believed to have bumped higher last month thanks to a slowdown in the creation of new jobs.

A new report described as the first of its kind has broken down how much Chinese money is flowing into America.

Some regions will "fail" economically and perhaps socially unless we help them to adjust, the Salvation Army says.

The New Zealand dollar has dropped by US1c after labour data out this morning showed wage growth was less than expected.

Celebrations are planned this evening after McDonald's and Unite Union reached an agreement to end "zero hour" contracts.

The seasons in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" aren't regular or celestial, just like business cycles.

New Zealand's wealthiest philanthropists and community trusts are being urged to link up with local employers to create jobs for unemployed young people.

The US economy continues to surge back to life, moving into territory which some economists describe as "full employment". However, Americans who are still without a job may disagree.

With youth unemployment running at more than 50 per cent, Spain's Supreme Court has decided even grown-up children must be supported by their families unless they have a job.