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Ponds Hindustan Lever Ex-Mercury Employees' Welfare Association

Association of former workers at the Kodaikanal thermometer factory who petitioned the Madras High Court.

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Hindustan Unilever Mar 2016 full and final settlement: undisclosed ex-gratia payments to 591 former workers Scholarship & press 1 2

Kodaikanal mercury case petitioned the Madras High Court; says exposure caused deaths and serious illness Scholarship & press 1

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Hindustan Unilever, former employees settle mercury poisoning case after 15 years, Scroll.in, 9 Mar 2016. Scholarship & press
Hindustan Unilever Limited on Wednesday announced that it has reached a full and final settlement to provide undisclosed voluntary payments to 591 former employees who were exposed to toxic mercury vapour at its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal more than a decade ago.
The association that represented the former employees had said that the exposure to the toxic vapour during their employment led to loss of life and health effects such as miscarriages, kidney and nervous system damages, and mental disability in children, reported The Hindu.
After 15-year fight, Hindustan Unilever Limited to pay workers, Deccan Chronicle, 10 Mar 2016. Scholarship & press
HUL with an objective to ensure long term well being of its former workers, has agreed to provide ex-gratia payments to 591 former workers/association members and their families towards livelihood enhancement project and skill enhancement programs

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