Attorney Allison Mecher will answer your questions about how and when to use Impairment Ratings in Illinois WC cases in a March 5, 2020 online seminar with “I&F to Host March Seminar with the IL Chamber of Commerce on the Strategic Use of AMA Impairment Ratings”
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IL WC Update: I&F Prevails by proving Petitioner filed his Claim after statute of limitations expired
In this case, Petitioner was injured in an accepted, but unfiled, accident in 2016 when he slipped on ice and fell while walking on the “IL WC Update: I&F Prevails by proving Petitioner filed his Claim after statute of limitations expired”
I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers
On Tuesday Feb 18, 2020, Partner Colin Mills and attorney Michael Bantz from I&F’s Champaign office will be working with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce to host a “I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers”
IL WC Update: I&F’s Allison Mecher Discusses Parking Lot Accidents
I&F’s Allison Mecher brings a timely Winter update with a discussion of parking lot slip and fall accidents.
Michigan WC Update: Fringe Benefits and Average Weekly Wage – How does it all add up?
Calculating the average weekly wage (AWW) to determine wage loss benefits is a routine, but critical part of the worker’s compensation case analysis. While the “Michigan WC Update: Fringe Benefits and Average Weekly Wage – How does it all add up?”
IL Amends Exclusive Remedy Provisions of WC and OD Acts
On May 17, 2019, Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 1596 into law as Public Act 101-0006. The new law amends the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and “IL Amends Exclusive Remedy Provisions of WC and OD Acts”
SB1596 Passes the Illinois House of Representatives
Following our prior post regarding this piece of legislation, we can now report that on March 14, 2019, the Illinois House of Representatives passed SB1596 on a 70-40-1partisan “SB1596 Passes the Illinois House of Representatives”
Illinois Work Comp Back on the Table with IL SB1596
This Bill amends the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act. The Bill provides that certain specific Sections of the Acts limiting “Illinois Work Comp Back on the Table with IL SB1596”
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce urges Governor to Reconsider Proposed Decriminalization of Recreational Marijuana
In a February press conference outlining his state budget, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers proposed overhauling the state’s marijuana laws to make the drug’s medical use legal, decriminalize “Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce urges Governor to Reconsider Proposed Decriminalization of Recreational Marijuana”
The Illinois General Assembly Takes a Fast and Hard Aim at the WC and OD Acts
It was not front and center on Governor Pritzker’s platform that he would be looking to push changes to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission personnel “The Illinois General Assembly Takes a Fast and Hard Aim at the WC and OD Acts”