Maternity and parental rights pack

Date: 01 April 2008

Maternity and parental rights pack

Usdaw's maternity and parental rights pack is available to help members understand maternity, paternity and adoption rights. It includes guidance on health and safety, leave and pay, returning to work, miscarriage and stillbirth, sickness and redundancy and post-natal depression.

There are seven different leaflets in the pack, each dealing with a separate topic. Use the links below to view, print or download the leaflets:

• Health and Safety (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 1).
• Leave and Pay (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 2).
• Returning to Work (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 3).
• Miscarriage and Stillbirth (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 4).

• Extra Money for Mothers and Babies (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 5).
• Sickness and Redundancy (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 6).
• Post-natal Depression (Maternity and Parental Rights Leaflet 7).

There's also a handy wall planner that flags up important dates during pregnancy. For example, the week in which women are required to give notice to their employer of the date they want to start their leave.

Also available is a Maternity and Parental Rights Guide for Usdaw Reps and Not entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay? Don't panic...(A5 Flyer).

All the seven leaflets and the wall chart can be ordered together as a pack, or separately. The Maternity and Parental Rights Guide for Usdaw Reps is free; the Maternity and Parental Rights Pack costs £2.00. Both are available from the Stationery Department at Central Office.

Don't forget to keep up your union membership whilst you are on maternity leave and when you go back to work. Send the maternity leave postcard back to us (no stamp needed) and Usdaw will contact you about your union membership once your maternity leave has finished

If you have any questions concerning maternity, paternity or other parental rights you can contact Ruth Cross, Women and Equalities Officer at Central Office, Tel: 0161-224 2804.

Maternity and parental rights pack was correct at date of publication April 2008.

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