know your legal rights!
Another victory has been secured for the injured workers of Illinois. On September 16, 2013, the 4th District of the Appellate Court of Illinois held that a chiropractor was not entitled to a money judgment against his patient, an injured worker, for the fees of the chiropractic services.
Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, when a medical provider submits its bill to the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier, the medical provider shall not require a payment rate greater than the lesser of the actual charge or the payment level set by the Commission in the fee schedule established.
Illinois is an “at will” employment state, that means that in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or a employment contract, you can be fired for any reason as long as the basis for firing is non-discriminatory or otherwise in violation of the law.
