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N O T I C E E-119 WAGE___P_A_Y_M_DEUNETSTOFORDELROMSATTITTIIMSE IN MARCH A number of employees have lo s t time because o f d e rm a titis which re s u lte d from the autoclave discharge on March 8th# Normally d e rm a titis cases are n o t p aid fo r by the W est Va. Com pensation Department# Because o f the re la tiv e ly larg e number o f in d iv id u als w ith d e rm a titis as a r e s u lt of th is sin g le in c id e n t i t may be c o n s id e re d com pensable by th e co m p en satio n . D ep artm e n t and we have requested a ru lin g # There has been a delay in receiv in g a decision from th e W. Va* C om pensation D ep artm ent H ow ever, i f paym ent i s re je c te d , our In su ran ce Company w ill pay in d iv id u a ls fo r lo s t time a t the re g u la r com pensation r a te . T his paym ent w ill be a t a maxium of l8 per week according to the u su al com pensation code. I wish to reassu re the in d iv id u als involved th a t payment at the com pensation ra te w ill b e `supplem ented by Monsanto to the fu ll e x te n t so th a t.e a c h in d iv id u a l who l o s t tim e as a r e s u l t of d erm atitis from th is p a rtic u la r in c id e n t w ill receiv e h is normal pay JRD/jnp A pril l;th, 19^9 J. R. Durland /7