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820 ILCS 305/1.1 (2026)

Standards of conduct

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(820 ILCS 305/1.1)
    Sec. 1.1. Standards of conduct.
    (a) Commissioners and arbitrators shall dispose of all Workers' Compensation matters promptly, officially and fairly, without bias or prejudice. Commissioners and arbitrators shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence in it. They shall be unswayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism. Commissioners and arbitrators shall take appropriate action or initiate appropriate disciplinary measures against a Commissioner, arbitrator, lawyer, or others for unprofessional conduct of which the Commissioner or arbitrator may become aware.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct as adopted by the Supreme Court of Illinois govern the hearing and non-hearing conduct of members of the Commission and arbitrators under this Act. The Commission may set additional rules and standards, not less stringent than those rules and standards established by the Code of Judicial Conduct, for the conduct of arbitrators.
    (c) The following provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct do not apply under this Section:
        (1) Canon 3(B), relating to administrative
    
responsibilities of Judges.
        (2) Canon 6(C), relating to annual filings of
    
economic interests. Instead of filing declarations of economic interests with the Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 68, members of the Commission and arbitrators shall make filings substantially similar to those required by Rule 68 with the Chairman, and such filings shall be made available for examination by the public.
    (d) An arbitrator or a Commissioner may accept an uncompensated appointment to a governmental committee, commission or other position that is concerned with issues of policy on matters which may come before the arbitrator or Commissioner if such appointment neither affects his or her independent professional judgment nor the conduct of his or her duties.
    (e) Decisions of an arbitrator or a Commissioner shall be based exclusively on evidence in the record of the proceeding and material that has been officially noticed. Any findings of fact made by the arbitrator based on inquiries, investigations, examinations, or inspections undertaken by the arbitrator shall be entered into the record of the proceeding.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an arbitrator from holding a pre-trial conference in accordance with the rules of the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2016–2017 · leading case: Flexible Staffing Servs. v. Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151300WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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Flexible Staffing Servs. v. Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151300WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “1(e) of the Act (820 ILCS 305/1.1(e) (West 2012)), which states, “Decisions of an arbitrator or a Commissioner shall be based exclusively on evidence in the record of the proceeding and material that has been officially noticed.”
Flexible Staffing Servs. v. Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 150564WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “1(e) of the Act (820 ILCS 305/1.1(e) (West 2010)), which states, “Decisions of an arbitrator or a Commissioner shall be based exclusively on evidence in the record of the proceeding and material that has been officially noticed.”
— 820 ILCS 305/1.1(e) — 2 cases
Flexible Staffing Servs. v. Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151300WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “1(e) of the Act (820 ILCS 305/1.1(e) (West 2012)), which states, “Decisions of an arbitrator or a Commissioner shall be based exclusively on evidence in the record of the proceeding and material that has been officially noticed.”
Flexible Staffing Servs. v. Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 150564WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “1(e) of the Act (820 ILCS 305/1.1(e) (West 2010)), which states, “Decisions of an arbitrator or a Commissioner shall be based exclusively on evidence in the record of the proceeding and material that has been officially noticed.”
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