Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who experience mental health recovery frequently face multiple forms of injustice, inequality, and discrimination at work. What are the intersecting rights of BIPOC individuals with lived experience of mental illness in the workplace? What strategies should employers use to provide a culture of respect in the workplace? What do employment specialists need to know to help individuals advocate for themselves at work? This interactive discussion will be guided by these, and other participant questions, and answers from our guest experts.
Jennifer L. Bills, JD. has been litigating and advocating on behalf of employees and individuals for 19 years. She joined the Noble Law employment law firm in 2017. She is a frequent teacher, lecturer, and skilled investigator. She was also recognized as a Rising Star while practicing in Boston, MA. As an employment attorney, she concentrates her practice on workplace investigations and trainings for managers and employees on best employment practices and compliance issues. As a Senior Attorney at Disability Rights NC, she worked for nine years to protect the rights of people with disabilities under the ADA. Jennifer teaches Disability Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law at UNC-Chapel Hill. She frequently lectures and teaches CLE courses on Employment Law topics including: ADA, FMLA, Sexual Harassment, and Ethical Issues in Representing Clients with Disabilities.
Christine A. Rodriguez, JD, her firm’s founder, is an experienced negotiator, litigator and trial attorney. She represents employees in all types of workplace negotiations and legal disputes and also advises employers on how to implement appropriate and lawful employment practices in the workplace. She regularly assists clients with matters before they have to pursue claims through an administrative agency or in court and regularly represents clients seeking alternative dispute resolution such as private mediation. When necessary, she helps her clients with administrative filings in state agencies, with the EEOC and in the state and federal courts in New York and North Carolina.
The information provided during the webinar does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all content discussed during the webinar is for general informational purposes only.
AMAs are not presentations but rather hour-long interactive question & answer webinars with an expert in employment. Regardless of whether you are a person living with a mental health condition, a family member, an administrator of a service, a provider, or a researcher, people from anywhere get answers to their questions.
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This event was supported by funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this project do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
