Sometimes help is available. We either don’t know about it or think it doesn’t apply to us. Workers’ compensation benefits are just one example of a useful benefit that not everyone can get. To [...]
Most Illinois employers buy workers’ compensation insurance. After all, Illinois law requires it, and most Illinois employees qualify for this important benefit. When does your workers’ comp [...]
Every day, we hear stories about the COVID-19 public health emergency. Schools and many businesses have closed. Social distancing is not just suggested but required in some areas. The number of [...]
Workers’ compensation insurance benefits cover most Illinois workers for work-related accidents or exposure. Most of us probably think only of injuries caused by serious accidents, like broken [...]
Recovering from a work-related injury is stressful. Workers’ compensation benefits can help ease the stress, at least financially. For example, Adam had to stay off work for several months while [...]
Joe’s supervisor at the construction site told him to move some heavy materials from one location to another. Although Joe had received safety training about lifting heavy objects without getting [...]
Like most employees, Tim went to work, did his job, and went home again without worrying about how his company was managed. Then Tim was seriously injured at his construction site. As he lay in [...]
When people think of construction jobs, they may visualize a worker standing on the beam of a skyscraper. Others may think of bulldozers, bricklayers, and manual laborers. However, Illinois law [...]
An injured worker naturally expects their employer to cover the costs of medical treatment and lost wages. After all, workers’ compensation is the law. However, sometimes an employer refuses to [...]
It seems like a simple matter: if you are injured at work, your employer pays for your medical treatment and lost wages. In a best-case scenario, everyone agrees on the injury, the treatment for [...]
