Reaction to recently passed Illinois legislation that allows insurance companies to add a 1.5% surcharge to the workers' compensation insurance policies while self-insured employers get by with a fee of 0.045% of the previous year's payroll has been fierce in the state's business community as well as in workers' compensation reform group circles.The fee was enacted in June of this year, and was barely noticed by the employer community at first.
The Illinois business community, through the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, is claiming that the fees are unconstitutional and may sue the state to sto...
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