Tez Romero

Tez Romero

Human Resources Director America

Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

3+ years experience71,299 Total views on Human Resources Director America in 2025

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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

Former MD sues RBC Capital Markets over maternity leave 'pregnancy tax' Bank of America faces lawsuit over alleged unpaid computer boot-up time Walmart employee claims she was fired hours after emailing HR

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

Worker claims S&P Global fired her first day back from leave

Her first bad review in 26 years came eight days after she asked for family leave

Worker claims S&P Global fired her first day back from leave

Analyst alleges CrowdStrike axed him mid-return from psychiatric leave

He'd been back 16 days when the call came - and his systems still didn't work

Analyst alleges CrowdStrike axed him mid-return from psychiatric leave

Worker sues Chanel alleging age bias and firing after COVID stroke

A COVID stroke, 'dress her age' comments, a PIP, then a pink slip at 51

Worker sues Chanel alleging age bias and firing after COVID stroke

AWS worker alleges company yanked approved disability accommodations overnight

She went from approved remote work to a 40-hour office mandate in a single email

AWS worker alleges company yanked approved disability accommodations overnight

She recorded meetings for her ADHD - Dow Jones allegedly fired her for it

Her manager approved the recordings. Then HR cited them in the termination letter

She recorded meetings for her ADHD - Dow Jones allegedly fired her for it

36-year veteran sues IBM alleging demotion days after hospital return

She drove a 576% sales increase - from a role the complaint says nobody cared about

36-year veteran sues IBM alleging demotion days after hospital return

Firefighter claims city fired him over immigration post, let others slide

Others who posted about ICE got coaching - he got terminated

Firefighter claims city fired him over immigration post, let others slide

Worker sues Amazon for axing her after years of disability support

Her new lifting limit was less restrictive than the one Amazon had already honored

Worker sues Amazon for axing her after years of disability support

Employer fired HR manager who sought leave and flagged age bias, suit alleges

Her position was "eliminated" - then reposted under a different title within the week

Employer fired HR manager who sought leave and flagged age bias, suit alleges

Worker sues Honeywell alleging ethnicity, age slurs from supervisor

Slurs allegedly started almost immediately after the director's October 2025 rehire

Worker sues Honeywell alleging ethnicity, age slurs from supervisor