Illinois trial bar peddles myths about workers’ compensation

By Michael Lucci

02/24/2017

The trial bar’s claim of profiteering is misdirection from the real issues. But if the trial bar wants more regulation of profit rates, it should begin with regulation of the profit rates of law firms that make their business on workers’ compensation cases.

TAGS: Illinois Workers Compensation Act, workers compensation

Broken workers’ compensation system costs Illinois taxpayers millions

By Eric Kohn

12/15/2016

Illinois’ uncompetitive workers’ compensation system doesn’t just hurt private sector businesses – it is also costing taxpayers more than $400 million per year.

TAGS: Illinois Workers Compensation Act, local government, Public Employee Disability Act and Public Employee Benefits Act, workers compensation

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...

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Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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