Tez Romero

Tez Romero

Tez Romero writes about legal cases affecting the HR profession.

Fair Work Commission dismisses care worker's forced-resignation claim against Proveda

The PIP was live and a show-cause meeting loomed - then she hit send on her resignation

Fair Work Commission dismisses care worker's forced-resignation claim against Proveda

Tribunal converts long-serving temporary worker to permanent, rejects funding argument

A "project" label and shaky funding could not keep this long-serving worker on rolling contracts

Tribunal converts long-serving temporary worker to permanent, rejects funding argument

Court dismisses worker's $100,000 underpayment claim against Ventia, orders device handover

The files he gathered to prove underpayment became the case Ventia built against him

Court dismisses worker's $100,000 underpayment claim against Ventia, orders device handover

Fair Work Commission rules $100,000 dismissal unfair after employer skips checks

The CEO admitted he never read the letters that ended her job

Fair Work Commission rules $100,000 dismissal unfair after employer skips checks

Court voids enterprise agreement clause behind union's $842,000 redundancy pay claim

The clause promised eight hours' pay a day until workers were paid - a judge said it can't stand

Court voids enterprise agreement clause behind union's $842,000 redundancy pay claim

Court quashes panel opinion linking Fulton Hogan worker's injury to job

Employer challenged a binding panel opinion - and a court found it skipped a key step

Court quashes panel opinion linking Fulton Hogan worker's injury to job

Fair Work counts casual service toward unfair dismissal eligibility, rejects employer objection

A short permanent stint looked like a dead end - until the Commission looked at 16 months of casual work

Fair Work counts casual service toward unfair dismissal eligibility, rejects employer objection

Spaceport CEO owed $2.3m after employer's misconduct defence fails

The employer tried to wipe her entitlements - the court found a contract structure it couldn't ignore

Spaceport CEO owed $2.3m after employer's misconduct defence fails

Court finds funds manager wrongly treated managing director as a contractor for years

His complaint annoyed the boss - and that reaction turned the sacking into a Fair Work breach

Court finds funds manager wrongly treated managing director as a contractor for years

Fair work commission finds Serco dismissed worker who moved to new contractor

He lined up his next job early - then his employer said he'd ended things himself

Fair work commission finds Serco dismissed worker who moved to new contractor