In this episode, we start looking at how human rights law is relevant to the topic of employment law. We consider the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the European Social Charter and the impact these two sources of international law have on employment law in England and Wales. We then consider how human rights can be enforced, including direct effect and indirect horizontal effect before moving on to what happens if human rights are breached and there is no option to appeal to the national courts, or you have reached the top court where you can appeal.
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