Manager charged over sacking

A Polish prosecutor has charged an IKEA manager with violating the religious rights of an employee sacked for voicing strong objections, within the company, to a corporate event supporting tolerance for LGBT people last year. The Catholic employee at a Polish branch of the Swedish furniture and home goods retailer had allegedly cited Biblical passages suggesting that homosexuals deserve death. The charges brought by the Warsaw prosecutor’s office against the human resources manager can be punished by a fine or a prison sentence. In a brief statement, IKEA’s press office said it was cooperating with the prosecutor.