What is employee compensation?

Employee compensation is a system of compensation provided by law for workers from injury or work-related illnesses. These claims are paid regardless of fault.

Each state has its own laws that employee compensation. Such a right entered in the State of Illinois in 1912.
Which employees are insured by law?

Almost every victim hired an employee who will be injured, and whose place of work is located in the State of Illinois, is legally insured. These employees are insured from the start of the employment relationship.
What injuries or illnesses are insured by law?

In most cases, the right to cover compensation for the damage caused, in part or in full due to the work of the employee.

Worker injured repeating step one part of the body is the same insured, as a person after a stroke, heart attack, or other physiological problem associated with the work.

An employee with an earlier disease may receive compensation if it can demonstrate that the condition has been impaired by work.

Damage sustained in recreational programs sponsored by the employer (eg Spartakiada, parties, picnics) are not insured, unless the employer gave the employee an official order to take part in it. Damage caused during the patient's participation in a drug rehab program or alcohol shall not be insured.