All companies accredited in Tommy's programme, receive Tommy's guide to a working pregnancy: for employees and for managers to circulate to their pregnant employees and their line managers. The guides are available online to members, who will have password access or alternatively, be able to set up a direct link from their intranet.

Publication of these guides followed extensive research into the needs of pregnant women and their managers across job roles and industries. Our research overwhelmingly confirmed that good communication between pregnant employees and their line managers is key. The guides emphasise the need to consider each pregnancy in the workplace individually, to ensure the best possible health and well-being of pregnant employees, the best management of their time and productivity throughout their pregnancy and the smoothest return to work after pregnancy.

	The guides aim to:   provide an accessible, readable guide to pregnancy in the workplace     which is relevant across industries to pregnant employees and their     managers   include accurate, up-to-date information endorsed by professionals in     the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology, human resources and     occupational health

	The guides offer tips and information designed to help make working pregnancies healthy and fulfilling, including:   risk assessments - what they are and how to complete them   legal rights and obligations   physical changes throughout pregnancy and their impact on the     workplace   eating well for a working pregnancy   managing workload   dealing with stress Click here to view the contents pages of the guide for employees or for managers.

Both guides were developed with the expert advice of our advisory panel, the HSE, the EOC and the dti; and of our accreditation panel of scientists, doctors, midwives and human resource professionals. To find out more about these advisers click here.

The author of both guides, Sarah Levete, is a writer and editor with vast publishing experience. She writes in an accessible, easy-to-read, yet authoritative style which our market research tells us is ideal for our audience.

Sarah wrote with the expert support of professionals in the medical, occupational health and human resource management industries.

Both guides have been designed so readers can easily access information relevant to them. They are both convenient, A5 portrait sized. The employee guide is 96 pages, and is in a tabbed folder format for easy navigation. The guide for managers is a more succinct 40 page booklet which summarises key issues including maternity law, risk assessment guidance, and important health issues.

	A productive working pregnancy is a team effort. These guides have been designed to help employees and their managers adopt behaviours which will help make pregnancy a productive and fulfilling period for all, and to help give the best chance of a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.