In 2011, the Illinois General Assembly made several changes to the state’s Workers’ Compensation law, including cutting medical fee schedules by 30 percent and limiting employees’ ability to ...

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission fraud unit should check on the insurance status of countertop companies to confirm they are maintaining insurance coverage for their employees.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has indicated he will sign the bill, according to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The reformed system will hurt ASCs, physicians and hospitals as they will have to ...

Workplace injuries and illnesses are a common occurrence in the US. Statistics show that 112,500 private industry injury and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Backers of a failed plan to overhaul the Illinois workers' compensation system prepared Tuesday to try again, while the possibility of simply eliminating the system loomed ...

The Illinois house is also considering a plan proposed by Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion) that would alter or even scrap the state’s much-criticized workers’ comp system, leaving businesses and employees ...

A: A Progressive Era reform, Illinois was on the ground floor when it adopted the law in 1912. Workers previously had little recourse if they were hurt on the clock. Workers' compensation created ...

BY KEVIN McDERMOTT • Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau > > 217-782-4912 Aug 9, 2011 Aug 9, 2011 0 ...

LAKELAND, Fla.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Summit, a leading regional provider of workers’ compensation insurance services, is pleased to announce the expansion of its coverage into Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to abolish Illinois’ workers’ compensation system raised red flags for Republicans Thursday in the General Assembly. Although lawmakers did not formally vote on the ...