Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 4
CLE
Live Programs: 2
Discussions
Posts: 6
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 21
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Workers' Compensation Update - Fall 2023 (10/09/2023)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Workers' Compensation Update - Spring 2024 (02/19/2024)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.
Workers’ Compensation Law
- Community members: 652
- Total discussion posts: 6
Transactional
- Community members: 29,383
- Total discussion posts: 551
Litigation
- Community members: 29,384
- Total discussion posts: 1,463
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 21 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 5575 amends the Workers' Compensation Act and makes changes in provisions concerning the collection of civil penalties or reimbursements for amounts paid by the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund due under an order of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. It also makes changes in the Workers’ Compensation Act to penalties for any person, company, corporation, insurance carrier, healthcare provider, or other entity that intentionally prepares or provides an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance or intentionally assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with any person, company, or other entity to intentionally prepare or provide an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance.
- House Bill 5625 amends the Workers' Compensation Act to provide that the definition of "employee" includes every student participant in an athletic program at an institution of higher education, but only when the student is participating in an athletic event, travel to and from an athletic event, or an organized training activity. Sets forth a method to calculate the average weekly wage of a student athlete.