We handle a wide case to be related to injury that arisen from working, including but not limited to:
- WAREHOUSE/FACTORY WORKER
- SHIPPING/TRUCKING WORKER INJURY
- CONSTURCTION WORKER INJURY
- HEALTHCARE WORKERS INJURY
- BACK INJURIES
- REPETITIVE TRAUMA
- FAILED SAFETY EQUIPMENT
- MOVING OBJECTS
- SHOULDER INJURIES
If you or a loved one has been injured while at work, you have the right to receive compensation for :
Lost Earnings
If you are unable to work for more than three days because of your work-related injury, you are entitled to receive a portion of your lost earnings while you recover. In Illinois, you may be entitled to receive up to 66-⅔ % of your weekly wages. If your injuries allow you to work, but you must take a lower-paying job or work fewer hours, you may be entitled to receive a wage differential equal to ⅔ of the difference between the average weekly wage you would have received had your accident not happened and your current earnings.
Medical Bills
Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, your employer is required to pay for all of your reasonable and necessary medical expenses associated with your workplace injury. This includes medications, equipment, physical or mental rehabilitation, surgery, hospital care, and more. No deductible or co-insurance is required.
Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits
If your workplace accident has caused you to be unable to perform your pre-injury job duties, you may be entitled to receive vocational rehabilitation benefits. These benefits may include education, training, job counseling, or other assistance to help you continue to be part of the workforce. If you receive vocational rehabilitation benefits, you may also be entitled to maintenance benefits while you are enrolled in an approved program.
Permanent Total Disability Benefits
After you have reached maximum medical improvement (MMI), your doctor will determine if your work-related injury has left you with a permanent impairment, and if so, to what extent. If it is determined that you are unable to perform any type of work, or that you lost the use of both of your hands, arms, feet, legs, eyes, or any two of the above, you will be considered to be permanently and totally disabled. Permanent Total Disability Benefits (PTD) are payable for the rest of your life.
Permanent Partial Disability Benefits
If your work-related accident caused a permanent injury to some part of your body and you are found to be unable to perform some of the activities you could perform before your accident, you may be entitled to Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) benefits. In Illinois, this may include scheduled loss-of-use awards, unscheduled awards, wage differential benefits, or disfigurement benefits.
- Scheduled Loss-of-Use Awards: Illinois uses a schedule to determine the amount of benefits workers with listed injuries are entitled to receive. If you’ve lost the use of a listed body part, you may be entitled to receive an award equal to 60% of your pre-accident average weekly wages, multiplied by the number of weeks shown in the schedule.
- Unscheduled Awards: If your work-related accident caused a permanent disability that is not listed on the schedule, your award will be determined based on your disability rating (which corresponds to a percentage of 500 weeks) multiplied by 60% of your pre-accident average weekly wages
- Wage Differential Benefits: If you are still able to work, but your injury has caused you to earn less than your pre-accident earnings, you may be entitled to receive up to ⅔ of the difference between your pre-injury wages and your current earnings. Wage differential benefits will continue for five years or until you reach age 67 – whichever occurs later.
- Disfigurement Benefits: You may be entitled to receive up to 60% of your pre-accident wages for up to 162 weeks if your accident resulted in a serious permanent disfigurement that is readily apparent to the public.
Death Benefits
If you are a qualifying family member of a worker who was killed on the job in Illinois, you may be entitled to receive death benefits. These benefits may include payment of ⅔ of your deceased loved one’s average weekly wage up to a maximum of $500,000 or 25 years, whichever amount is greater. An additional $8,000 in burial benefits is awarded to the person who incurred the cost of your loved one’s burial.
If you or a loved one has been injured while at work, contact us by telephone 847-621-9071
for a free and confidential consultation with a Worker’s compensation attorney.No attorney fee unless you win.