Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 2027 - QUALIFICATIONS OF ARBITRATORS AND CONDUCT OF ARBITRATORS AND COMMISSIONERS › Subpart B - CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ARBITRATORS AND COMMISSIONERS › Section 2027.120 - Standards of Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each
				arbitrator and commissioner shall comply with the following standards of
				conduct:
1) Administrative Responsibilities
Arbitrators and commissioners should diligently discharge
				  their administrative responsibilities, maintain professional competence in
				  judicial administration, facilitate the performance of administrative
				  responsibilities of others under their direction and control and should require
				  their staff and others subject to their immediate direction and control to
				  observe the same standards of responsibility and diligence that apply to
				  them.
2) Adjudicative
				Responsibilities
A) Each arbitrator and
				commissioner should respect and comply with the law, conducting themselves at
				all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and
				impartiality of the Industrial Commission.
B) Each arbitrator and commissioner should
				maintain proper order and decorum in proceedings before the Commission,
				treating all parties with impartiality, equity and fairness at all stages of
				the proceedings.
C) Each arbitrator
				and commissioner should be considerate, patient, dignified and courteous to the
				parties, attorneys, witnesses and all others with whom he or she deals in an
				official capacity and should require similar conduct by all participants to the
				proceedings.
D) Each arbitrator and
				commissioner should accord to all legally interested parties in a proceeding or
				their attorneys full right to be heard in accordance with the law.
E) Each arbitrator and commissioner shall not
				permit or engage in any "ex parte" communications concerning a pending or
				impending proceeding.
F) Each
				arbitrator and commissioner should diligently perform their duties and conclude
				cases promptly as circumstances reasonably permit.
G) Each arbitrator and commissioner should
				abstain from public comment about pending or impending proceedings under the
				Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et
				seq.)[820
				ILCS 305/1 et seq.] and the Workers' Occupational
				Diseases Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.) [820 ILCS
				310/1 et seq.] at the Industrial Commission or in any
				court.
H) Each arbitrator and
				commissioner is in a relationship of trust to the parties who appear before him
				or her. An arbitrator or commissioner should not, prior to rendering of a
				decision, order or ruling, disclose confidential information acquired during
				the proceedings before them unless otherwise agreed by the parties. Each
				arbitrator and commissioner should keep confidential all matters pertaining to
				proceedings and decision-making prior to the issuance of the decision, order or
				ruling, and to require their staff and others under their direct supervision to
				observe the same standards of confidentiality.
I) An arbitrator or commissioner shall not
				negotiate for employment with any person who is involved as a party or insurer
				or as an attorney for a party or an insurer in a matter(s) in which the
				arbitrator or commissioner is presiding or participating in an adjudicative
				capacity. If any such person initiates any discussion of employment with any
				arbitrator or commissioner, said arbitrator or commissioner shall immediately
				so notify all parties to the matter(s) and the Chairman.