(820 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.6)
Sec. 6. (a) Every employer within the provisions of this Act, shall,
under the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission, post
printed notices in their respective places of employment in such number
and at such places as may be determined by the Commission, containing
such information relative to this Act as in the judgment of the
Commission may be necessary to aid employees to safeguard their rights
under this Act in event of injury.
In addition thereto, the employer shall post in a conspicuous place
on the place of the employment a printed or typewritten notice stating
whether he is insured or whether he has qualified and is operating as a
self-insured employer. In the event the employer is insured, the notice
shall state the name and address of his insurance carrier, the number of
the insurance policy, its effective date and the date of termination. In
the event of the termination of the policy for any reason prior to the
termination date stated, the posted notice shall promptly be corrected
accordingly. In the event the employer is operating as a self-insured
employer the notice shall state the name and address of the company, if
any, servicing the compensation payments of the employer, and the name
and address of the person in charge of making compensation payments.
(b) Every employer subject to this Act shall maintain accurate
records of work-related deaths, injuries and illness other than minor
injuries requiring only first aid treatment and which do not involve
medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion,
or transfer to another job and file with the Commission, in writing, a
report of all accidental deaths, injuries and illnesses arising out of
and in the course of the employment resulting in the loss of more than
3 scheduled work days. In the case of death such report shall be
made no later than 2 working days following the accidental death. In
all other cases such report shall be made between the 15th and 25th of
each month unless required to be made sooner by rule of the Commission.
In case the injury results in permanent disability, a further report
shall be made as soon as it is determined that such permanent disability
has resulted or will result from the injury. All reports shall state
the date of the injury, including the time of day or night, the nature
of the employer's business, the name, address, age, sex, conjugal
condition of the injured person, the specific occupation of the injured
person, the direct cause of the injury and the nature of the accident,
the character of the injury, the length of disability, and in case of
death the length of disability before death, the wages of the injured
person, whether compensation has been paid to the injured person, or to
his or her legal representative or his heirs or next of kin, the amount of
compensation paid, the amount paid for physicians', surgeons' and
hospital bills, and by whom paid, and the amount paid for funeral or
burial expenses if known. The reports shall be made on forms and in the
manner as prescribed by the Commission and shall contain such further
information as the Commission shall deem necessary and require. The
making of these reports releases the employer from making such reports
to any other officer of the State and shall satisfy the reporting
provisions as contained in the Safety Inspection and Education Act, the Health and Safety Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The reports filed with the
Commission pursuant to this Section shall be made available by the
Commission to the Director of Labor or his representatives and to all
other departments of the State of Illinois which shall require such
information for the proper discharge of their official duties. Failure
to file with the Commission any of the reports required in this Section
is a petty offense.
Except as provided in this paragraph, all reports filed hereunder shall
be confidential and any person
having access to such records filed with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission as
herein required, who shall release any information therein contained
including the names or otherwise identify any persons sustaining
injuries or disabilities, or give access to such information to any
unauthorized person, shall be subject to discipline or discharge, and in
addition shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. The Commission shall
compile and distribute to interested persons aggregate statistics, taken
from the reports filed hereunder. The aggregate statistics shall not give
the names or otherwise identify persons sustaining injuries or disabilities
or the employer of any injured person or person with a disability.
(c) Notice of the accident shall be given to the employer as soon as
practicable, but not later than 45 days after the accident. Provided:
(1) In case of the legal disability of the employee |
No defect or inaccuracy of such notice shall be a bar to the
maintenance of proceedings on arbitration or otherwise by the employee
unless the employer proves that he is unduly prejudiced in such
proceedings by such defect or inaccuracy.
Notice of the accident shall give the approximate date and place of
the accident, if known, and may be given orally or in writing.
(d) Every employer shall notify each injured employee who has been
granted compensation under the provisions of Section 8 of this Act
of his rights to rehabilitation services and advise him of the locations
of available public rehabilitation centers and any other such services
of which the employer has knowledge.
In any case, other than one where the injury was caused by exposure
to radiological materials or equipment or asbestos unless the application for
compensation is filed with the Commission within 3 years after the date
of the accident, where no compensation has been paid, or within 2 years
after the date of the last payment of compensation, where any has been
paid, whichever shall be later, the right to file such application shall
be barred.
In any case of injury caused by exposure to radiological materials or
equipment or asbestos, unless application for compensation is filed with the
Commission within 25 years after the last day that the employee was
employed in an environment of hazardous radiological activity or asbestos,
the right to file such application shall be barred.
If in any case except one where the injury was caused by exposure to
radiological materials or equipment or asbestos, the accidental injury
results in death application for compensation for death may be filed with the
Commission within 3 years after the date of death where no compensation
has been paid or within 2 years after the date of the last payment of
compensation where any has been paid, whichever shall be later, but not
thereafter.
If an accidental injury caused by exposure to radiological material
or equipment or asbestos results in death within 25 years after the last
day that the employee was so exposed application for compensation for death may
be filed with the Commission within 3 years after the date of death,
where no compensation has been paid, or within 2 years after the date of
the last payment of compensation where any has been paid, whichever
shall be later, but not thereafter.
(e) Any contract or agreement made by any employer or his agent or
attorney with any employee or any other beneficiary of any claim under
the provisions of this Act within 7 days after the injury shall be
presumed to be fraudulent.
(f) Any condition or impairment of health of an employee employed as a
firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic which results
directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), lung or respiratory
disease
or condition, heart
or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer
resulting in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or partial) to the
employee shall be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of
the employee's firefighting, EMT, or paramedic employment and, further, shall
be
rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of
the employment. This presumption shall also apply to any hernia or hearing
loss suffered by an employee employed as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic.
However, this presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been employed
as a firefighter, EMT, or paramedic for less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application for Adjustment of Claim concerning this condition or impairment with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. The rebuttable presumption established under this subsection, however, does not apply to an emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic employed by a private employer if the employee spends the preponderance of his or her work time for that employer engaged in medical transfers between medical care facilities or non-emergency medical transfers to or from medical care facilities. The changes made to this subsection by Public Act 98-291 shall be narrowly construed. The Finding and Decision of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under only the rebuttable presumption provision of this subsection shall not be admissible or be deemed res judicata in any disability claim under the Illinois Pension Code arising out of the same medical condition; however, this sentence makes no change to the law set forth in Krohe v. City of Bloomington, 204 Ill.2d 392.
(Source: P.A. 102-493, eff. 8-20-21.)
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