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The plight of a workers’ comp case | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Post-Gazette.com – In July 2008, Joshua Gartland, 33, moved back into his mother’s Westmoreland County home. He had run away at age 15, started using drugs a year later and struggled with addiction from then on. As a result, he had many medical problems, and in 2007 one of his legs had to be amputated because of necrotizing fasciitis — a flesh-eating bacterial infection — and he required dialysis for kidney failure. His mother, Laura O’Rourke, then-59, of North Huntingdon, agreed to allow him to move back into her home and become his paid caregiver as part of an arrangement through Three Rivers Center for Independent Living. In that role, she was responsible for bathing him, preparing his meals, changing his dressings and all other aspects of his care. Less than a year later, on April 11, 2009, Gartland

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Very unusual case. I believe Illinois courts would rule in favor of the mother who is was the caregiver based on her job duties. However, in Illinois some caregivers who work through the State are not considered to be employees.

Senate panel votes down Rauner’s work-comp plan | Belleville News-Democrat Belleville News-Democrat

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One of the pillars of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s “turnaround agenda” for improving Illinois’ business climate fell Wednesday in a state Senate committee.

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This bill was voted down in an Illinois Senate Committee. However, nothing is ever dead in Illinois politics. Similar Workers’ Compensation changes may surface in combination with the budget negotiations. The Governor has continued to tie any budget agreements with Workers’ Compensation changes and business related issues.

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In Illinois, in almost all cases you have to undergo a job search to prove you are entitled to a wage differential settlement.

A wage differential means that your work injury results in permanent restrictions that will prevent you from performing your old job.

If you made $21 per hour in your old job and have to take a new job that pays $14 per hour, then you are entitled to 66% of the $7 per hour wage difference.

The only way to prove the value of the wage differential is to find a job that fits your restrictions.

You can find the job on your own or with the assistance of a vocational consultant. Some insurance companies will agree to pay for a person to help you put a resume together and provide you with interview tips and job search ideas. You must ask the insurance company to help you with the job search. If the insurance company agrees to do this it will pay you while you search for the job. You can also force the insurance company to provide you with job search assistance.

Sometimes a insurance company will complain if the job you find is too low paying. It will argue that you have the ability to find a higher paying job based on your restrictions and abilities.

The important thing is to make sure that the Work Comp insurance company provides you with help and pays you while you search for the job.

A wage difference case may add great value to your Workers’ Compensation settlement because it takes into account your earning loss over many years.

Questions about your work injury. Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at309-827-4371.

Study Reveals New Insight About Social Security Disability Benefits Amid Agency’s Influx Of Problems – PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee

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Study Reveals New Insight About Social Security Disability Benefits Amid Agency's Influx Of Problems – PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee.

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Some Social Security Disability Judges will ask the question about unemployment benefits at every hearing. It seems that there is not that high of a correlation between filing for Social Security Disability and unemployment benefits.