Stakeholders Hold Judgment on Reform Until Legislation Proposed

By Greg Jones, reporterAs Illinois state lawmakers scramble to draft workers' compensation reform legislation before a self-imposed Jan. 3 deadline, business interests -- while pleased that reform efforts are underway -- are reserving judgment until they see draft legislation detailing what will actually change.House and Senate committees on workers' compensation reform have been holding hearings and gathering testimony from labor, business, medical providers and trial attorneys over the past six weeks. The committees were announced shortly after the midterm election, in which Democrat...