Maternity Alliance Information Line HandbookHandbook used by advisers from Freshfields staffing the Maternity Alliance telephone Information Line. A number of large legal firms in the City of London supported the project, providing volunteers for shift work on the Advice Line. The material is separated into sections, labelled alphabetically from 'A' to 'G'. The sections are A: Induction Pack; B: Leaflets & Factsheets'; C: Training Handbook; D: Inland Revenue E15 & E15 (Supplement) 2005; E: Benefit Rates; F: Cases Update; G: Other Information.
The material includes a report of a review of the MA Information Service, 2004; job description for volunteers on the MA Information Line; the MA Strategic Plan 2004/5-2008/9; various MA policies; a summary of key maternity and parental rights cases, with judgements (Jun 2004). in various courts.
To give an idea of the resource pack available to advisers on the Information Line, publications that are duplicated elsewhere in 5MAL have not been removed. MA publications and factsheets in the handbook (and also held in series 5MAL/G Publications):
Agency Workers - Rights for Parents, 2005
Child-Friendly Working Hours, 2005
Child Trust Fund, 2004
(Executive summary of) Consumer Empowerment: A qualitative study of linkworker and advocacy services for non-English speaking users of maternity services, 1996
Giving Notice for Maternity and Parental Rights, 2005
Health and Safety at Work, 2005
Homeworkers - Rights for Parents, 2005
Maternity Allowance and Incapacity Benefit, 2005
Maternity and Parental Rights and Benefits Handbook, 2003
Maternity Rights for Nannies, 2005
Money for Mothers and Babies, 2005
Moving from Benefits into Work, 2005
Next Steps, 2005
Part-time Work - Your Rights, 2005
Postnatal Depression and Work, 2005
Pregnant at Work, 2005
Premature Babies and Maternity Rights, 2005
Redundancy During Pregnancy and Maternity Leave, 2005
Self-employed, Freelance and Independent Contractors - Rights for Parents, 2005
Sickness During Pregnancy and Maternity Leave, 2005
Single Parents, 2005
Stillbirth, Miscarriage and Maternity Rights, 2005
Students and Benefits, 2005
Support for Working Families, 2004
Taking Your Case to an Employment Tribunal, 2004
Time Off for Antenatal Care, 2005
Time Off for Working Parents, 2005
Welfare Benefits during Maternity Leave, 2005
Work Rights and Welfare Benefits for Women with Postnatal Depression, 2005
Working for a Small Employer, 2005
The handbook also contains the Employer's Help Book 'Pay and Time Off Work for Parents' - E15 and E15 (Supplement), 2005
MA publications and factsheets in the handbook ( not held elsewhere in 5MAL):
Dealing with Debt, 2005
Food for Life: A woman's guide to food and diet before, during and after pregnancy, 1996
Having it All: A woman's guide to combining breastfeeding and work, undated
Money for Teenage Parents, 2005
Job Interviews and Starting a New Job, 2005
Returning to Work, 2005
Rights During Maternity Leave, 2005
Statutory Maternity Pay, 2005
Tax, National Insurance and Pension Rights, 2005
Temporary, Casual and Sessional Work - Rights for Parents, 2005