A truck driver was recently awarded workers’ compensation benefits because he was able to prove that he was an employee, not an independent contractor. His case offers a worthwhile look into what [...]
In the State of Illinois, if you have suffered a work injury, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. However, the law requires that you report your injury to your employer. [...]
The Kentucky House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would mark the biggest overhaul of the state’s workers’ compensation benefits system in decades. If the bill is signed into law, [...]
A US judge in San Francisco recently ruled that a former driver for Grubhub Inc. was an independent contractor and not an employee. The Grubhub lawsuit is the first case of its kind against a gig [...]
Workers’ compensation is a system of benefits that is mandated by the state of Illinois for all injured workers employed in the state, other than Federal and interstate commerce railroad workers. [...]
More and more employers are choosing to hire independent contractors instead of traditional employees. What is the difference between the two? And how does your status as an independent [...]
On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA allowed some 752,000 undocumented immigrants who were [...]
An estimated eight million undocumented immigrants are currently working in the United States. Despite their legal status, nearly all fifty states have determined that injured undocumented [...]
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) recently awarded benefits to a flight attendant who injured herself after falling two times at an airport. Though the flight attendant was [...]
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) recently approved benefits for a woman who was injured when a coworker jumped on her because it was determined that she was the [...]
