Howard panic: 'WorkChoices' disappears!

Staff employed to provide information about the federal government's controversial workplace relations laws are being told not to use their official title, WorkChoices.

The government's WorkChoices website says workers wanting answers should ring the "Workplace Infoline", although some pages on the site still tell people to ring the "Work Choices Infoline".

However documents leaked to AAP suggest the government is trying to distance itself from the official name for the laws, as polling indicates they are unpopular with many Australians.

Posters tell workplace hotline operators "all references to WorkChoices should now be changed to workplace relations".

"If a client is confused because of the new name, you should indicate they have called the correct number and clarify that our name has changed to make it easier for people to get information," a guide for operators says.

"In all instances a client should be referred to the workplace website, not to the WorkChoices website."