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June 08, 2020

As expected, on June 5, 2020, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2455 for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims in Illinois into law. The law mirrors the repealed Commission rule, that front line or essential workers (as defined by the Executive Order from March 2020) alleging COVID-19 exposure and contraction shall be rebuttably presumed to have been exposed at work and that such exposure is causally connected to said exposure. The law applies to all cases where the diagnosis was made on or after March 9, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The full breakdown of the law can be found at our prior alert here.

If you have any questions on the possible impact of COVID-19 on your business, whether your business may be impacted by this law, and possible precautions you can take from a legal standpoint, please contact us at Wiedner and McAuliffe by email or phone at 312-855-1105.