workerscompensation

What is a workers compensation injury - What injuries are covered?

For an injury to be covered under the Illinois Workers Compensation Act, your Illinois workers compensation attorney must determine if an accident or accidental injury arose out of and in the course of the worker’s employment. It is very common for the e... Read >

Who can collect workers compensation?

Sounds like an easy question. You work for someone else, so you must be considered an employee. But it’s not always that easy. Under Illinois workers compensation law, the determination of who is an employee and who is an employer can be a complicated ... Read >

What is retaliatory discharge?

In our earlier article called "How to properly protect yourself ", we explained how common it is for a worker to contact Illinois workers compensation lawyers and explain to them that they were injured, and their employer has already started taking care o... Read >

How to properly protect yourself when injured on the job

Often, injured workers contact an attorney and tell them that they were hurt on the job, but their employer is already taking care of the workers compensation case. The worker explains that their employer acted immediately and contacted the company insur... Read >

What is Workers Compensation?

Workers compensation laws are designed to protect the injured worker. As described by the Illinois Supreme Court, the purpose of the Workers' Compensation Act "…is to provide employees a prompt, sure, and definite compensation, together with a quick an... Read >