Send contracts to
CURRENT arbitrators
Please send settlement contracts and other documents to the currently assigned
arbitrator. If you send materials to the arbitrator who will take over
the case in January, you will only slow down your case as materials are
returned or forwarded. Please help us spread the word!
Another felony
conviction won against uninsured employer
Another uninsured employer has pled guilty to a Class 4 felony for refusing to
obtain workers' compensation insurance. John Linek, individually and as
President of SMS Logistics of Chicago, has been ordered to pay a $10,000
penalty for refusing to obtain workers compensation insurance. The IWCC's
Insurance Compliance Unit had been requesting compliance with the Act from this
trucking firm since 2010.
In August 2013, the Compliance Division obtained a felony conviction against
Ahmed Ghosien, d/b/a Ghosien European Auto Werks in Hometown. Ghosien pled
guilty to a Class 4 felony for failing to obtain workers' compensation
insurance. The IWCC's Insurance Compliance Unit worked with the Cook County
Sheriff's Office and the Cook County State's Attorney's Special Prosecutions
Division to obtain the conviction. Again, the Insurance Compliance Unit had
worked on the case since 2010.
Both of these individuals were given many opportunities to obtain insurance
before charges were filed, but they persistently refused. Employers who fail to
follow the law put their workers at risk, and they enjoy an unfair competitive
advantage over law-abiding employers.
For more information go to http://www.iwcc.il.gov/news.htm
