Illinois
What is the waiting period (days) for Illinois?
For Illinois, waiting period (days) is 3 lost workdays; retroactive trigger (days) is 14 calendar days; statute or rule citation is 820 ILCS 305/8(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
TTD is not paid for the first three lost workdays, unless the employee misses 14 or more calendar days due to the injury.
— iwcc.illinois.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
- State
- Illinois our reading
- Waiting period (days)
- 3 lost workdays
- Retroactive trigger (days)
- 14 calendar days
- How days are counted
- Lost workdays, not calendar days. TTD is not paid for the first three lost workdays unless the employee misses 14 or more calendar days due to the injury.
- Statute or rule citation
- 820 ILCS 305/8(a) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- iwcc.illinois.govhttps://iwcc.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/iwcc/documents/handbook/IWCC%20handbook%2006.06.24.pdf