Gov. Rauner: Workers’ comp puts Illinois companies at a competitive disadvantage

In a statement released this morning, Rauner contends that workers’ comp costs per $100 of salary run $2.35 here, compared with $1.98 in adjoining Missouri, $1.92 in Wisconsin and $1.88 in Iowa. It’s also above the $1.87 national average and more than twice the $1.06 in Indiana, a basement level that virtually no one here ever expects to match…Please click here to read Greg Hinz’s story in Crain’s Chicago Business. A related story is on IML’s blog.