Employment Relations
The QHA's employment relations team are specialists in employer advocacy, agreement making, and industrial instrument interpretation, and set a high standard for expertise in the rapidly evolving and complex employment relations arena.
As a member of the QHA*, you can contact the employment relations team with queries regarding employment terms and conditions, compliance with industrial instruments, discipline and termination of staff, and any other employment relations matters. In addition to your day-to-day employment relations issues, we can assist in more complex matters on a very competitive fee for services basis.
In order to receive advice and assistance from the QHA on behalf of your venue, please nominate yourself as an authorised employment relations contact by completing the authorisation form, which can be downloaded here.
* Please note that only current financial members (excluding corporate members) can access free employment relations services. Corporate members can access advice on a fee for service basis only.
Who we are and what we can assist you with
ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AS PART OF MEMBERSHIP
Financial members can access advice and assistance on the following matters as part of their QHA membership:
- provision of relevant award wage rate sheets
- interpretation of award terms and conditions
- interpretation of applicable industrial instruments
- advice on employer obligations in the employment arena
- information regarding the formal appointment of new staff
- counselling and disciplinary processes for terminating employment in a fair manner
- workers' compensation obligations
- Managing and responding to requests from employees for flexible work arrangements
- long service leave calculations (up to three free per venue per year for QHA hospitality venue members)
- the process for managing ill and injured workers
- how to draft and implement employment relations policies and procedures for your workplace
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS CONSULTANCY SERVICES
For complex employment relations matters, the following professional consultancies are available at the very competitive member rate of $250.00 plus GST per hour.
Our full range of consultancies include:
- representation in all matters before the Fair Work Commission
- representation in all matters before the Fair Work Ombudsman
- representation in all matters before the Queensland Human Rights Commission and Australian Human Rights Commission
- representation in matters before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- enterprise agreement negotiation and drafting
- individual flexibility agreement drafting
- investigations into workplace incidents
- in-house training on various matters
- other complex employment relations matters
To find employment relations services, documents, forms, and consultancy information, please contact us today.