Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, if you are injured on the job your employer is required to pay related medical bills. According to section 8(a) of the Act, the employer has to pay the lesser of the healthcare providers actual charges or the amount set out in the Worker’s Compensation fee schedule in effect […]
Category: Workers Compensation
Do Pre-Existing Conditions Affect My Recovery?
If you sustained an injury at work, your employer or its insurance company cannot deny you workers’ compensation benefits based solely on a pre-existing condition. If you had a pre-existing condition and a work injury contributed to, aggravated, or exacerbated that condition, then your injury is compensable under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. If the […]
COVID-19, Your Employment, and the Emergency Amendment to Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act
THIS DECISION HAS BEEN RESCINDED In the event you are injured or sickened at work the remedy available to you is contained in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. Among the elements that must be proven in order to prevail in a Workers’ Compensation claim are: (1) an injury, illness, or incapacity; […]
Navigating an Independent Medical Exam Pursuant to Section 12 of The Illinois Workers Compensation Act
Tips to help you understand what’s involved in a workers’ compensation examinations requested by an employer What is Section 12 of the Workers Compensation Act? Section 12 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act 820ILCS305/12 provides as follows: “An employee entitled to receive disability payments shall be required, if requested by the employer, to submit himself, […]
Appealing a Workers’ Compensation Arbitration Decision
What Happens in an Arbitration Decision? In a worker’s compensation case, the initial hearing, where witnesses are questioned and written evidence is submitted by attorneys for the Petitioner and by the Respondent, is handled by the Arbitrator who has been assigned the case by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). Occasionally, when the assigned Arbitrator […]
Workers’ Compensation Basics: Fatal Cases
Today’s blog will address how the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act compensates surviving family members when a work injury causes the death of an employee. The November and December blogs dealt with various other aspects of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. Please review those blogs for additional information about workers’ compensation in Illinois. The benefits provided to […]
Worker Compensation Basics: Permanent Injury
If you’ve suffered a work injury, you may be eligible for three benefits available under the Worker Compensation Act: payment of medical bills temporary total disability payments Permanency awards. Read about payment of medical bills and temporary disability in our blog posts. Workers’ Compensation: Permanency Awards The third benefit available to the injured employee is […]
Workers’ Compensation Basics
If you’ve been injured at work, you need to know the workers’ compensation basics. Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees who are injured or become ill “in the course and scope” of their job. The Workers’ Compensation Act is a law that provides […]