Workers’ Compensation Commission repeals Illinois emergency COVID-19 rule – The Southern Illinoisan

The new rule would have made workers’ compensation benefits available to essential employees who contracted COVID-19 without having to prove the illness was contracted at the workplace. Scott Cruz, the attorney representing the business groups, said such a rule should come from the Illinois General Assembly “after proper discourse, and not the whim of the commission.”

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