Chamber Making Causation Standard Rallying Cry for Reform

By Patrick Reilly, WorkCompCentral CorrespondentOAK BROOK, Ill. − Cost-saving workers’ compensation reforms enacted by Illinois legislators in 2011 are a good start, but additional legislative changes are needed to create more competitive workers’ compensation costs for employers in the state, the leader of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce said last week.Speaking at the chamber’s fourth annual Workers’ Compensation Conference on Thursday, President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Whitley said changing the causation standard is “the holy grail to reduce cost...