Join today on - MS & employment rights from MS Society Get your free ticket- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ms-and-employment-rights-tickets-721089858177?aff=ebdsshother Date: Wed, Oct 11 • 18:30 BST Are you living with MS and wanting to find out more about your employment rights and the support available to you? Join us to explore your rights and the support available to help you stay/get back into employment. In this information webinar we will focus on the employment rights of those living with MS, such as: Whether or not you're legally required to tell your employer about your diagnosis. The kinds of reasonable adjustments someone with MS can ask for. Time off work, etc. The various types of discrimination which are unlawful under the Equality Act. What to do if you're being treated unfairly. Access to work (publicly funded employment support grant scheme ). We will be joined by Steve Hall, who is a solicitor at Disability Law Service (DLS). Steve has worked with the MS Society for over 5 years, providing legal advice and support to people with MS on issues related to employment and discrimination. We'll also explore the role of Occupational Therapy in helping you to take part in everyday life as independently as possible. Our webinars offer a safe, fact-based space that you can attend anonymously. These events are for anyone affected by MS - healthcare professionals; friends, family, carers and colleagues to those living with MS as well as people living with MS themselves. What will I need to take part? All you need to join in is a laptop/tablet/phone/computer with a stable internet connection to use Zoom, the video meeting software that we use. How do I join the webinar? Before the event we will send you an email which will have a link to the webinar which is held via Zoom. The email will also tell you how to ask questions and make comments during the webinar. At the time the webinar is due to start, click on the link and you will be taken to the webinar. If the session hasn’t started you will see a message to tell you this. Just hang on and when the session starts you will see 2 or 3 people pop up on your screen. What if I haven’t been sent the link? We send an email with a link to everyone who completes the registration form on Eventbrite and books a place. The email we send might go into your spam or junk folder so please check before the meeting starts that you can find it. When I join the webinar can other people see or hear me? No you can’t be seen or heard by other participants. Can I ask questions? Yes usually you can ask questions and make comments. The facilitator will tell participants about how to do this. When there are more than 100 participants, our licence will only allow the first 100 people to ask questions during the event. Questions will be collated and we will try to cover your queries if not your specific question. Please note we can’t respond or offer advice to questions about your specific circumstances or anything relating to your own personal health.