K breach as human rights violation

In America, employment law has traditionally been viewed as a more or less private matter, rooted in contract.  That’s changed to some extent, of course, but the trend toward seeing it as a status is still more pronounced in Europe than here.  In the U.K., for example, there seems to be a growing view of employment as an aspect of “human rights” law.

In a new client advisory, Jennifer Armstrong of London’s Bristows notes the growing use of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as a tool for challenging employment actions that don’t involve racial or ethnic discrimination.