Reuters, 07/03/2012
(Reuters) – Chemicals maker BASF said a Brazilian court suspended a ruling for BASF and oil major Shell to pay 1.06 billion Brazilian reals ($525.23 million) into a compensation fund for former employees at a pesticides plant.
Brazil’s highest labour court put the verdict from a lower court on hold after BASF and Shell lodged an appeal, Germany’s BASF said in a statement late on Wednesday.
The workers claim their health had suffered or remains at risk of suffering from having worked at the Paulinia pesticides plant.
[...] mandated that Shell and BASF put aside 328 million for their compensation, however this measure was blocked later in the week by a different [...]