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The one-stop-shop for education and information for small businesses on the Fair Work Act.

Four out of five small businesses say they're not ready for the introduction of the new workplace laws, many of which come into effect on 1 July, according to new research released from AMR Interactive.

Family First senator Steve Fielding wants small business exempted from union right of entry provisions and bargaining rules for the low paid contained in Labor's Fair Work Bill.

Workforce Guardian is an SaaS offering that manages employee relations

Five reasons to use Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) within your small to medium business

Managing Director of Workforce Guardian, Adrienne Unkovich talks to BNet's Phil Dobbie about the New Fair Work laws and how they will affect small business.

What the SMH has to say about the new IR laws and the impact on SMEs

"$950 a year is a small cost for the peace of mind that comes with knowing we have effective employment policies and laws in place" "Workforce Guardian is different. It helps employers operate on the right side of employment law and to do the right thing for their business and their employees."

Work Choices will disappear on January 1 after the Senate passed Labor's Fair Work bill following two days of wrangling between the government and crossbench senators.

Courts will be given new powers to stop and penalise employers that break work agreements covering a range of areas including redundancies, annual leave, rostering and child care.

Ms Shiff said Telstra would soon be making further content relationship announcements involving leading Australian and global suppliers. "T-Suite™ Software as a Service will be the place to be for software vendors as we prepare for our full-scale market launch in early 2009. We're in active talks with more than 50 providers including locally produced software to help SMEs comply with regulatory requirements and workforce management. We look forward to welcoming new partners very soon," Ms Shiff said.