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Illinois VESSA update bars retaliation for workers using employer-issued devices to record violence and guarantees access to recordings.

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Illinois lawmakers can truly help our state and local economy by reforming the state’s workers’ compensation laws. These are the laws that determine how medical costs are paid if workers are injured.

Back in 2005, Illinois passed a long overdue reform of its notorious workers' compensation system. On paper, at least, it looked like strong law. In practice, it has failed. Now it's time to try again ...

An Illinois appellate court’s unpublished decision in Kamil Kordas v. Bob’s All Bright Electric, Inc., and Thomas Clarizio, 2025 IL App (3d) 240482, illustrates that, while workplace assaults are ...

A series of new Illinois laws set to take effect in 2026 will impact workers’ rights, including limiting the use of artificial intelligence. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. An amendment ...

Every morning, hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers clock in with a simple expectation: to return home safe. But across our state, that basic right is under attack. At a paint supply factory in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois workers can now search on a website to see if unpaid wages and penalties are waiting for them to claim. By visiting the State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ I-CASH ...