Virtual Partner Training: Employment Matters

Do your clients have questions about employment issues?
Do you have clients whose employment and money issues are causing stress and other problems?
Are you curious what options exist for clients dealing with employment, unemployment, tax, or other related money issues?

Join Legal Aid for this virtual training on Employment Matters!

A presentation and discussion with Legal Aid attorneys Julie Cortes, Corinne Huntley, Dennis Dobos, and Anne Sweeney

Please register by clicking on this link.

Participants will learn from Legal Aid’s expert employment attorneys about:

• about the process to seal a criminal record and/or secure a Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE); and how non attorney providers can help support clients interested in applying for record sealing/CQE;
• basics of federal/state employment discrimination laws and the complaint process in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC); how to support clients who have experienced employment discrimination who want to pursue taking action against an employer; and
• basics of federal tax law controversies involving low-income taxpayers; the role of Cleveland Legal Aid’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC); and, 3) ways to support clients who encounter a conflict with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Continuing education credits are pending - details will soon be available per the Ohio’s Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.

Contact Natalie Ziegler at natalie.ziegler@lasclev.org or 216-861-5019 with questions or concerns.