Am I an employee?

Who can collect workers compensation?

Sounds like an easy question. You work for someone else, so you must be considered an employee. But it's not always that easy. Under Illinois workers compensation law, the determination of who is an employee and who is an employer can be a complicated question. It is very important for your attorney to establish that you are an employee for workers compensation purposes in order to file a claim and to be eligible for compensation, a monetary settlement, or award.

So, not everyone that has a job is considered to be an employee for purposes of the Workers Compensation Act in Illinois. All kinds of questions must be asked to determine if different types of workers are eligible for compensation and considered to be employees, such as independent contractors, loaned workers, borrowed workers, workers with multiple jobs, job sharing, part time workers, volunteer workers, corporate officers, minors, alien workers, domestic help, jurors, firefighters, police officers, as well as other types of workers.

One of the very first things that a workers compensation attorney affiliated with Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC will do is to make a determination if the injured worker is considered to be an employee for purposes of the Illinois Workers Compensation Act. Your lawyer will also explore whether the employer is covered by the workers compensation law, and whether the injury is considered to be an accident arising out of, and in the course of, the workers' employment. These are vital questions, and an experienced workers compensation attorney should be consulted to assist with important questions such as these.

Contact one of our skilled and experienced workers compensation lawyers at (800) 996-4824. Our firm's phone lines are always open 24 hours a day. Or click on our "Contact Us" tab and you can send us a quick email. Then we'll contact you back right away and we'll answer your legal questions for you free of charge.

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