The  National Human Rights Commission of Korea has been reviewing a discrimination petition filed last October by a man in a same-sex relationship who was denied marriage leave by his employer. The employer’s policy offered marriage leave without defining marriage or providing criteria for employees to satisfy to claim the benefit. When the employee provided a wedding invitation and sought a short leave to have a ceremony with his same-sex partner, he was instead marked for an unauthorized absence and his pay was docked. The human rights commission, an independent agency within South Korea’s executive branch, has  reportedly completed its review and is now deliberating its decision. There are strong grounds for finding the denial of the marriage benefit to be discriminatory.…