Tez Romero

Tez Romero

Human Resources Director Australia

Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

3+ years experience6,103 Total views on Human Resources Director Australia in 2025

Mary's specialty topics

Legal Cases Regulation Compliance

Tez Romero is a Senior Legal Researcher at Key Media and a contributor to Human Resources Director. Since joining the company in 2023, she has covered legal and regulatory developments across multiple industries and jurisdictions. For HRD, she reports on employment law, workplace disputes, court decisions, and legislative developments affecting employers, HR leaders, and organizations.

Her reporting focuses on translating complex legal and policy developments into practical, accessible insights that help HR professionals understand the workplace issues shaping their workforce and business decisions.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I've found that many of the biggest workplace conversations begin long before they become HR priorities. Court decisions, newly filed claims, and legislative developments often provide an early view of the issues shaping employers and employees, and I enjoy helping readers understand what those changes mean in practice.”

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Featured content from Mary

Employer beats forced-resignation claim after manager shares worker's pregnancy Worker loses unfair dismissal case built on court dishonesty findings Fair Work backs employer that sacked manager over treatment of staff

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Legal Researcher

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Holy Name University
  • B.S. in Business Administration Major in Marketing Management, Holy Name University

Read the latest stories by Mary

She never said she quit - but the Commission found she resigned

A collapsed business sale left her jobless - then the Commission ruled on who ended the employment

She never said she quit - but the Commission found she resigned

Commission orders university to convert casual academic under new choice rules

An early test of the new casual-conversion rules just reset how HR should handle these notices

Commission orders university to convert casual academic under new choice rules

Bank had valid reason to sack banker who ignored policy, Fair Work rules

A direct instruction to read one short policy went ignored - and it decided the case

Bank had valid reason to sack banker who ignored policy, Fair Work rules

Worker wanted a redundancy payout - Fair Work Commission shut it down

A team merger did not gut her role, the Commission found - her contract already let it change

Worker wanted a redundancy payout - Fair Work Commission shut it down

Employer shares blame with shipowner after safety hooks collapse onto stevedore

A checklist existed, the hazard was visible, and the employer still shared the blame

Employer shares blame with shipowner after safety hooks collapse onto stevedore

When vows aren't a contract: priest's unfair dismissal claim fails

Vows of obedience, a weekly stipend, JobKeeper - but the commission still found no employment

When vows aren't a contract: priest's unfair dismissal claim fails

Employer called an incapacitated worker's contract ended - Fair Work disagreed

A terminal diagnosis wasn't the deciding factor - an overlooked entitlement was

Employer called an incapacitated worker's contract ended - Fair Work disagreed

Worker says complaints got him fired. EnergyAustralia proves otherwise

All three of his complaints counted as protected - so how did the employer still answer the claim

Worker says complaints got him fired. EnergyAustralia proves otherwise

Worker files dismissal claim one day late, loses at Fair Work Commission

She argued her dismissal took effect the next business day. The Commission read the letter differently

Worker files dismissal claim one day late, loses at Fair Work Commission

Court lets most of a harassment case against Savills proceed despite years of delay

Savills knew the substance of the claims since 2019 - the court drew a clear line on delay

Court lets most of a harassment case against Savills proceed despite years of delay