Date: Tuesday 15th December 2026
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Treehouse Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ
Cost: Free
Employment Rights Act: Make Faster Decisions, Make Better Hires
Event:
Employment Rights Act: Make Faster Decisions, Make Better Hires
The Employment Rights Act changes are going to place far greater pressure on businesses to make quicker, better-informed decisions about new hires. The days of allowing someone to drift through the first 12 to 18 months of employment without clear objectives, accountability or meaningful performance conversations are rapidly disappearing.
This session is designed for business owners, senior leaders and HR teams who want to understand what good recruitment, onboarding and early-stage performance management should actually look like in practice.
We’ll explore how businesses can create structured onboarding processes, set meaningful objectives from day one and equip managers to identify concerns early, while also ensuring new starters genuinely understand the organisation’s expectations, culture and direction.
The session will provide practical tools, frameworks and guidance to help businesses make confident employment decisions earlier, reduce risk and build more engaged, accountable teams aligned to the wider mission of the organisation.
About The Speakers
Claire-Marie Boggiano
STRIDE Facilitator & Leadership Coach
Claire-Marie is a Chartered Engineer holding an MBA from Manchester Business School. Claire-Marie is a guest lecturer in Change Management and Entrepreneurship at Manchester Business School. She is the alumni lead for MBS Women Leading in Business group and regularly hosts the Institute of Directors Women’s Forum in the North West. Claire-Marie is a committee member of the IoD Manchester and has recently commenced working with EEF The Manufacturing Organisation to raise the profile of Women in Engineering. Claire-Marie is an expert in Change Management for many years and delivers the Day 3 workshop of the STRIDE programme – Oakridge’s 6 month leadership programme for female middle management development. Her workshop focuses on the managing business aspect. This is the final element of the programme and supports women attending to learn more about how they can impact their organisation, bring others with them and to become a role model for others. Claire-Marie is a member of the Manchester City Council International Women’s Day Steering Group. To any challenge Claire-Marie brings energy, focus and action. Her core skills include “breaking eggs”, “building gladiators” and “making connections”. Claire-Marie believes organisations and teams succeed by working with the imagination and talents of their people.