HB0269 Summary

• Requires construction industry employers with workers' compensation insurance to pay premiums based on rates of the work location in Illinois, with penalties up to $1,000 per day (capped at $50,000 per project) for violations.

• Increases civil penalties for knowingly and willfully failing to provide required workers' compensation coverage from up to $500 per day (minimum $10,000) to up to $1,000 per day (minimum $20,000) for repeat violators.

• Allows a single Commissioner to issue work-stop orders requiring cessation of all business operations for employers in extra-hazardous industries who knowingly fail to provide coverage, with emergency orders available before a hearing.

• Increases maximum fines for insurance non-compliance violations from $2,500 to $10,000, and bars employers with two or more coverage violations from self-insuring for one year or until penalties are paid.

• Creates authority for Employee Leasing Companies to disclose client company information to the Commission regarding workers' compensation coverage, including names, FEINs, and job locations.