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If an employee can establish a direct causal connection to its exposure to COVID-19 via its workplace, the employee may now have a valid claim for workers’ compensation coverage.
On April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) established an emergency rule amending the Illinois Administrative Code for workers’ compensation hearings that created a rebuttable presumption for workers sickened with COVID-19 who work in “critical” industries as defined in the Illinois Stay Home Order, as well as those workers who are first responders. The emergency rule expanded the definition of COVID-19 “First Responder” or “Front-Line Worker” to a broad category of workers, and would have applied to virtually all businesses that are permitted to remain open under the Illinois Stay Home Order. The emergency rule created a presumption that those workers contracted the illness
05/19/21
Mike Helfand
One trap too many lawyers fall in to, including myself at times, is to assume the person they are talking to knows things that we take for granted. If you are an iron worker, you shouldn t expect that someone you don t work with will understand what it means to be a journeyman or what rigging is. Lawyers shouldn t expect clients to know common legal terms either.
I try to talk in plain English, but sometimes don t. Whether you are a client, potential client or someone just looking around, I want you to know what terms we consider to basic mean because they likely aren t basic to you nor should they be. Here are some common ones:
By Benjamin Cox on April 28, 2021 at 1:07pm
Electronic filing is now fully operational for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. The cloud-based system, called CompFile, allows for filing and processing of court documents completely electronically.
The extensive project, which came to fruition during the tenure of Chairman Michael J. Brennan, was completed while operations were severely restricted because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
CompFile has slowly been incorporated into the workers’ compensation process since February of last year. CompFile users experienced a drastic decrease in approval times, as CompFile eliminated the necessity for paper settlement contracts to be circulated by mail. The final phase of an almost fully-paperless system came last Tuesday.
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For Immediate Release – April 26, 2021
Electronic Filing Is Now Fully Operational for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Filing and case management are now fully paperless processes for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). The cloud-based system, called CompFile, allows for filing and processing of court documents completely electronically.
The extensive project, which came to fruition during the tenure of Chairman Michael J. Brennan, was completed while operations were severely restricted because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Commission and I want to thank Governor JB Pritzker for helping make it possible to take this huge technological step forward. While this improvement was needed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges we have faced in the last year make it even more clear how important it is to have a robust paperless system in place,”
Illinois Bill Would Move Workers’ Comp Fraud Probes to Insurance Department February 26, 2021
A bill filed in the Illinois General Assembly would transfer the responsibilities for investigating workers’ compensation fraud to the state insurance department.
Under HB 2947, the pending business of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Insurance Compliance Division would be transferred to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
he change would transfer “all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, personnel, books, records, papers, documents, property (real and personal), contracts, causes of action, and pending business” of the workers’ comp compliance division to the DOI, according to a legislative synopsis of the bill.