Category: Workers’ Compensation

The amount of lost wages that you will receive from workers’ comp varies with the nature and extent of your injury, your income, and your work limitations. In Illinois, wage loss benefits under workers’ comp fall into four main categories.

Temporary Total Disability benefits, also referred to as “TTD,” are considered “lost time” benefits when an employee suffers a work-related injury.

The simple answer: immediately! The sooner, the better. Most employees do not realize that the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act requires an injured worker to report their injury within 45 days from the accident date or the “manifestation” date for repetitive trauma injuries, like carpal tunnel syndrome.

Injured workers filing a workers' compensation claim should avoid revealing personal financial information, agreeing to be recorded, and signing documents. Instead, they should stick to the basic facts surrounding the accident or injury.

When employees sustain injuries while traveling for work, injuries are usually covered under workers' compensation insurance provided by their employer, as long as the injuries are directly linked to work-related duties.

Remote employees in Illinois may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits if they are injured while performing work-related duties. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, working remotely has become the new normal for millions of American workers.

The Illinois Workers' Compensation Act makes truck drivers who own and operate their own vehicles eligible for workers' compensation benefits when an accident results in injuries.

New technology, fatigue identification software, can identify fatigue and sleep deprivation in workers to prevent workplace accidents and injuries, as well as costly injury claims.

Illinois employers that have hazardous chemicals must provide personal protective equipment to any employees who work around them. Workers who are sickened or injured because of workplace exposure to hazardous chemicals may file claims for workers' compensation benefits.