2012 Work Comp Arbitration Regions/Hearing Sites Announced
As part of the new Illinois Workers Compensation Act, downstate hearing locations will be consolidated into 6 regions and will take effect on January 1, 2012. The reduction in hearing locations is structured to conform to the new rotating arbitrator requirements in House Bill 1698/Public Act 97-18. Three arbitrators will be assigned to each of the hearing [...]
Ottawa, IL unveils memorial to “Radium Girls” on Labor Day 2011
A 148-pound statue shows a woman with a tulip in one hand and a brush in the other. The women who worked at Radium Dial applied glow-in-the-dark paint to watch and clock hands and were instructed to lick the brushes to keep the ends pointed for precise painting. It was an instruction that sickened all [...]
August 2011: NO NET JOB GROWTH IN US ECONOMY
For the first time in a year the US Economy failed to produce a net increase in jobs. The national unemployment rate is 9.1%. President Obama will give a speech addressing the nation’s job crisis next Thursday, September 8, 2011, in a joint session of Congress.