Placing Muslim workers who do not eat pork at pork processing operations could be an infringement of their human rights, the National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday.

The human rights watchdog advised a local sundae (Korean blood sausages) manufacturer in February to move a 36-year-old Indonesian Muslim who does not eat pork for religious reasons from the sausage processing section of the factory to another department. The worker had previously asked the management for reassignment but his request was rejected.

“Human resources placement ignorant of religious beliefs could be regarded as a discrimination and moreover human rights violation,” the commission said.

The management has agreed to move the worker to another department upon the advice, the commission added. 



By Bae Ji-sook
(baejisook@heraldcorp.com)