This one-volume resource is part of the Illinois Jurisprudence set, but also serves as a convenient stand-alone reference to the topic of Workers' Compensation law in Illinois. Workers' Compensation was written by local Illinois practitioners whose practices focus on labor and employment and workers' compensation law. Workers' Compensation provides thorough coverage of the current state of Illinois workers' compensation law and stresses emerging concepts and the most recent available authority.
• Authoritative coverage of every topic, including validity, construction, and operation of the workers' compensation laws and discrimination against, coercion, and retaliatory discharge of employees who exercise their rights under the statutes; administration of the workers' compensation laws, including various boards established by the Act; insurance of employers' liability under the Act; exclusive remedy doctrine; employers and employees and employments within the scope of the Act; compensable injuries or illnesses arising out of and in the course of employment; proceedings to secure compensation; settlement procedures; availability of defenses to employees' claims; third party suits; and compensation payments, including types of compensation and determination of amounts and duration of payments.
Matthew B. Schiff, Esq. is a founding partner at the law firm of Schiff & Hulbert in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in labor and employment law and workers¿ compensation and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is the author of numerous articles on labor and employment and workers¿ compensation issues and has been the featured speaker and Legal Issues Coordinator of the LRP Annual National Workers¿ Compensation and Disability Conference for thirteen years. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations and has also served as Management Chairman for the ABA¿s section on Labor and Employment Law, Committee on Workers¿ Compensation and chair of the Trial, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Employer-Employee Relations Committee. Mr. Schiff has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
James W. Hulbert, Esq., is a partner at the law firm of Schiff & Hulbert in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in labor and employment law and workers¿ compensation and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has authored articles on employment law issues and served as a speaker at the LRP Annual National Workers¿ Compensation and Disabilities Conference. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute, serving as liaison for the State of Illinois, Workers¿ Compensation Committee.
Thomas P. Cronin, Esq., is a partner at the law firm of Schiff & Hulbert in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in labor and employment law and workers¿ compensation and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations and the Workers¿ Compensation Lawyers Association. He has been a speaker at the LRP Annual National Workers¿ Compensation and Disabilities Conference.