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Apr 24, 2015 | Wage Rights
On April 17, 2015, Dr. David Weil, the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for the U.S. Department of Labor, commented how workers across America are denied wages that they earned and are legally entitled to. He used the example of Irma and José, and their 63... Apr 22, 2015 | Case Law News
The Illinois State Supreme Court filed a decision April 16, 2015 in the matter of Illinois State Treasurer versus the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. In this case, the State Treasurer was acting as the custodian for the Injured Workers Benefit Fund, and was... Apr 20, 2015 | Work Comp Info
Twenty-seven years ago, in 1988, Illinois Governor James Thompson commissioned a study of the workers’ compensation system. Most significantly, the study concluded that an injured worker would be greatly handicapped by attempting to deal with the system without an... Apr 15, 2015 | Work Comp Info
Today, I would like to point out a few things that an injured worker should never do: 1.) You should never allow the workers’ compensation insurance carrier to record a statement over the phone. Statements are taken for the insurance company in order to try to obtain... Apr 13, 2015 | Work Comp Info
The Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission website is at IWCC.IL.gov. On the website, you will find in a menu, down the left side, that there is a handbook on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases. It’s in three different languages: English, Spanish and... Dec 15, 2014 | Litigation News
The following letter to the editor by ITLA President John D. Cooney was published in The Madison County Record on December 12, 2014, in response to this letter. December 12, 2014 Dear Editor: Asbestos is the quintessential example of corporations knowing that they... Apr 25, 2014 | Workers' Compensation News
A letter by the President of the United States of America regrading Workers Memorial Day, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION America is built on the promise of opportunity. We believe that everyone should have a chance to succeed,... 
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