Illinois has the third-highest workers’ compensation insurance rates of any state in the United States. In Illinois, provision of workers’ comp is compulsory for all employers, and the state ...

For months now, employers and their counsel have been awaiting the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC regarding whether the Illinois Workers’ Compensation ...

Where does Illinois workers' comp system stand, and what reforms are on the table? The governor again pitches changing the workers’ comp system in his budget speech. Where does Illinois stand, and ...

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Illinois has made it easier for certain workers who contract COVID-19 to be covered by the state workers’ compensation system. In an emergency amendment to the Rules of Evidence applicable to matters ...

The Illinois Legislature has passed a comprehensive reform package of the state’s workers’ compensation system, unwelcomed news to ambulatory surgery centers which will take a financial hit with the ...

Illinois employers would have to pay an additional $2,000 if a newly filed bill in the Illinois House passes. House Bill 4177 would amend the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act to award $10,000 to the ...