Illinois law says that you have three years from the date of your injury to file a claim for workers’ compensation. Even if you have a perfectly good claim, blowing the deadline can mean that you are forever barred from bringing that claim.

Filing a claim means that you fill out an Application for Adjustment of Claim and submit it to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. An Illinois workers’ compensation attorney can handle this for you, but your employer will not. It’s the injured worker’s responsibility to file a claim.

In some cases, you might start receiving benefits without filing…
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