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Daily Archives: November 19, 2021

Daily Archives: November 19, 2021

workers compensation benefits

How do drugs and alcohol effect your ability to get Workers’ Compensation benefits?

By Parag P. Bhosale For many years in Illinois, it didn’t matter if you had an intoxicant in your body when you suffered a work injury. As long as the accident happened in the course of work-related activity, your injuries would be covered. A decade ago, Illinois bowed to pressure from the insurance industry and

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Workers Compensation Claim

Here’s what you need to know about filing a Workers’ Compensation claim

By Magdalena F. Gonzalez Workers’ Compensation is a form of insurance that provides employees with benefits when they are injured at work. An injured employee initiates the process of obtaining such benefits by opening a claim with their employer’s Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier. The employee must also file an Application for Adjustment of Claim with

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