Emergency Amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Rules Regarding COVID-19

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission passed an emergency rule amending the Administrative Rules of Evidence, Section 9070.30 of Insurance Code, effective April 16, 2020 for a maximum of 150 days. The emergency rule creates the rebuttable presumption that an “injury or period of incapacity” resulting from exposure to the COVID-19 virus during the Gubernatorial Disaster […]