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This highlights the problem with hearings on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation system. Workers’ Compensation laws will be at the center of the budget debate and there will be changes that reduce injured workers’ rights because it will be used a bargaining chip to bring votes on board for a potential tax increase.
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.
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Difficult to believe at times that this would happen a the United States in the 21st Century. Make sure that you have an experienced Workers’ Compensation Attorney to protect you.
Illinois Workers’ Compensation laws may be subject to change soon if the new Governor has his way.
This has emboldened some insurance companies to tell injured workers that they no longer have to pay their bills or for their time off work.
They sense that they have nothing to lose if the injured worker believes them and drops their claim.
You should check with an experienced Illinois Work Comp lawyer to make sure that all your rights are being protected.
Do not let an insurance company tell you what they are going to do.
You must know what you are entitled to pursuant to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation law and how to make sure that you get it.
A Workers’ Compensation lawyer does not charge anything unless he can get money for you.
Questions about how to fight the insurance companies? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
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There will be a push to change the law in Illinois to make it harder for injured workers to get their bills paid and get a settlement.