Organization

Hindustan Unilever

Indian consumer-goods company, formerly Hindustan Lever.

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Legal records

Petition of the Ponds Hindustan Lever Ex-Mercury Employees' Welfare Association, Madras High Court

Mar 2016 Settled with Ponds Hindustan Lever Ex-Mercury Employees' Welfare Association: full and final settlement: undisclosed ex-gratia payments to 591 former workers 1 2

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Ponds Hindustan Lever Ex-Mercury Employees' Welfare Association Mar 2016 full and final settlement: undisclosed ex-gratia payments to 591 former workers Scholarship & press 1 2

Kodaikanal mercury case Unilever's website statement of 2015 said extensive studies had found no evidence of harm; activists disputed it According to Hindustan Unilever Scholarship & press 3
Kodaikanal mercury case objected to the central government committee's prima facie finding of harm and filed petitions, still pending when the case settled Scholarship & press 2
Kodaikanal mercury case settled with 591 former workers; payments undisclosed Scholarship & press 2

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Proof 3 sources

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.
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
The company objected to the same and filed petitions, which were also pending.
the Central government appointed committee after enquiry held there was prima facie evidence that not only the ex-workers but also their new born children have suffered on account of mercury exposure.
counsel for both parties produced the settlement records in a sealed cover
Why Unilever's response on Kodaikanal mercury dumping is not good enough: A point-by-point rebuttal, The News Minute. Scholarship & press
What Unilever said : "...extensive studies on the health of our former workers and the Kodaikanal environment have not found any evidence of harm..."

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