HB3098 Summary

• Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to prohibit employers from paying temporary partial or temporary total disability benefits to employees discharged for cause on or after January 1, 2012.

• Defines "discharge for cause" as a discharge resulting from an employee's voluntary violation of an employer rule or policy not caused by the employee's disability.

• Requires the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission to suspend disability benefits upon employer notification of a discharge for cause, with reinstatement possible after a hearing if the discharge is found improper.

• Establishes procedures allowing the Commission to retroactively restore benefits if it determines the employer's discharge was not for cause.

• Becomes effective January 1, 2012.