Meet Your Employment Relations Team

QHA’s Employment Relations Department (“ERD”) is a dedicated and consummate industrial relations and human resources team. Specialists in agreement making and employer advocacy in the hospitality industry, the ERD is setting a high standard for expertise and professionalism in the rapidly evolving and complex employment relations arena.

The team consists of:

Joanna Minchinton Employment Relations Manager

Joanna Minchinton joined the QHA team in the position of Employment Relations Manager in August 2008 and brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience in industrial relations and human resource management to QHA members.

Prior to joining QHA, Joanna held the position of Workplace Relations and Legal Department Manager with the Queensland Branch of the Australian Medical Association for 5 and a half years, and assisted members with a range of workplace issues and medical board registration matters. Prior to AMA Queensland, Joanna held industrial relations positions with AMA New South Wales and Commerce Queensland.

Over the past 12 years, Joanna has worked for membership based organisations assisting members with their telephone queries on Award and legislation interpretations, right through to providing formal representation in jurisdictions such as the Queensland and Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland. Joanna is also an experienced trainer having delivered education programs on topics including WH&S, policy and procedure development, ER and general business principles.

Joanna holds a Bachelor of Commerce (IR and HRM double major) and a Graduate Diploma in Employment Law, and is mid way through the MBA (Executive Program) with RMIT University in Melbourne.

Memberships include:

• Certified Professional, AHRI
• Industrial Relations Society of Queensland (Management Committee 08-09)
• Hospitality Training Association

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Moira Harvey Employment Relations Officer

Moira began working at QHA in the Employment Relations Department in February 2007.

As first point of contact for members, Moira provides members with advice in the areas of Federal and State award application, wages and rates of pay, workplace legislation and other general employment relations enquiries such as employee entitlements, HR policies and proper discipline and termination procedures.

Moira is currently the QHA representative for the Industrial Relations Education Committee (IREC) and is also a member of the Industrial Relations Society of Queensland (IRSQ) and Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

Moira also undertakes various administration tasks to ensure the smooth-running of the Employment Relations Department on a day to day basis.

Moira completed tertiary study at the University of Queensland in June 2006 and is currently completing post graduate studies in Employment Relations at Griffith University.