IARF Advocacy Month Webinar
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 │ 2:00 pm

During this webinar, we will to go over our Advocacy Month plans, materials, and schedule. As May is the traditional budgetary month in Springfield, IARF has put together a Virtual Advocacy plan to span the month to contact legislators through social media and district office calls. IARF staff will be on hand to go over the materials generated and answer any questions that folks may have.
In this 4-part Workers’ Compensation webinar series, we will engage in a comprehensive discussion of Workers’ Compensation claims. Employers will learn how to manage, communicate, and obtain information from their injured employee, the treating doctor, and the claims adjuster. The courses will follow a claim from the initial reporting through settlement to give the employer a better understanding of the interworking of the entire claims process. ​
In course 101, we will briefly discuss the history of Workers’ Compensation to understand how the current system of benefits came into existence. Our journey into the claims process will start with a discussion on compensability and what that means for the employer. Lastly, we will head down the path of what to do when an employee reports an injury, how to facilitate medical treatment, and working with modified duty restrictions.
 
At the end of this course, attendees will:
  • Understand how we came to have our current system of Workers’ Compensation benefits.
  • Understand what is meant by the term compensable, in a Workers’ Compensation claim.
  • How to manage the initial reporting of a workplace injury.

WC-103: Navigating Complex Claims 
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
10:00 - 11:00 am CST

In course 103, we’ll discuss what happens when cases get a bit more serious and your employee is taken off work or needs more serious medical treatment, including surgery. We’ll talk about ways your claims adjuster can help you navigate more serious/complex claims. Lastly, we will look at legal representation, and what that means to you as the employer.
 
At the end of this course, attendees will:
  • Understand how to manage a claim when the employee is taken off work.
  • Understand how to manage claims with complex medical treatment.
  • Understand what legal representation means to the claim and claims handling.
​In course 102, we will dig a bit deeper into working with modified duty restrictions. This section will include how to facilitate communication between you, the employee, and the doctor, regarding modified duty work. We’ll discuss how to track and monitor modified duty, to ensure employee safety and compliance.  Lastly, we’ll go over the rules regarding time away from work for injury related medical treatment.
 
At the end of this course, attendees will:
  • Understand the rules for communicating with the doctor and injured employee with regards to work restrictions.
  • Understand how to track and monitor work restrictions.
  • Understand how to handle time away from work for injury related medical treatment.

WC-104: Return to Work & Claim Closure 
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
10:00 - 11:00 am CST

In the final course, 104, we’ll talk about returning employees back to gainful employment after an extended absence or surgery. We’ll also look at how we bring closure to various types of WC claims. We’ll discuss claim settlement including why and when we settle claims. We’ll talk over the differences in settling claims that involve legal representation and those that don’t. We will end the series with a brief review of best practices for claims handling.
 
At the end of this course, attendees will:
  • Understand how to reintegrate an injured employee back into gainful work at their facility.
  • Understand how and why we close and settle Workers’ Compensation claims.
  • Understand the role litigation plays in Workers’ Compensation claims.
(This is an IARF Members-Only webinar series and is provided free of charge to members.)
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IARF Webinar: Passing a Fair Tax for Illinois
​Wednesday, June 10, 2020
​10:00 am - 11:00 am CST

Join us for the IARF Webinar: Passing a Fair Tax in Illinois, where we’ll talk about the Fair Tax constitutional amendment and the path to passing it in November 2020. This webinar is for individuals wanting to learn more about the Fair Tax, what it will mean for Illinois and individuals, and what you can do to help engage on the issue and help to get the Fair Tax passed in Illinois.
Illinois’s current tax system is unfair and inadequate - it falls too heavily on the middle class and those struggling to get there, and it causes budget deficits that push up property taxes and force cuts to schools, public services and jobs. The Fair Tax constitutional amendment changes the state constitution to eliminate the requirement that Illinois tax income at a single rate, allowing instead for higher rates for higher incomes and lower rates for people with low and moderate incomes and will allow Illinois to generate needed revenue to support the programs and services that keep our communities strong.

Audience: Any individual interested in learning more about the Fair Tax in Illinois