Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

News Alerts

• JULY 2020 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE COMMISSIONER MONTHLY REVIEW CALL PROCEDURES And JULY 2020 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE ARBITRATION PROCEDURES

  By Order of the Chairman, the Special Circumstance Procedures for both Review and Arbitration that are listed for the month of June 2020, will be carried over through the month of July 2020.
  

  An announcement relative to the continuing process for the month of August will be made near the end of the month of July. 
  

  A calendar, together with the WebEx information for the Call and hearing dates of each Commissioner and Arbitrator can be accessed from utilizing the links below.

  
  Click here for the Arbitration Procedures
  

  Click here for the JULY 2020 Arbitration Calendar including Webex Details
  

  Click here for the JULY 2020 Arbitration Location Schedule

  
  Click here for the Review Call Procedures
  

  Click here for the JULY 2020 Commision Calendar including Webex Details

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• FILING OF SETTLEMENT CONTRACTS AND SETTLEMENT CONTRACT APPROVALS WILL GO ELECTRONIC THROUGH COMPFILE IN JULY

  Attorneys can draft, sign, submit, and receive approval of settlement contracts through CompFile beginning on July 22, 2020.
  

  Once electronic settlements go live for Release 2, parties must file settlement contracts in CompFile on all cases with an Application for Adjustment of Claim that have been given an IWCC case number.  Any settlement contracts involving a pro se petitioner will continue to be filed on paper until Release 3 later this year.
  

  To prepare for electronic settlements in CompFile, please visit the CompFile Implementation webpage, www.iwcc.il.gov/compfile. (Link also located on the lower right of this page) CompFile - critical change with digital ease!