Section 215 ILCS 113/45 - Exclusivity and vicarious liabilitySubject to any contrary provisions of the contract between the client and the employee leasing company, the employee leasing arrangement that exists between an employee leasing company and its clients shall be interpreted for purposes of insurance, bonding, and employers' liability as follows:
(1) The employee leasing company shall be entitled along with the client to the exclusivity of the remedy under both the workers' compensation and employers' liability provisions of a workers' compensation policy or plan that either party has secured.(2) An employee leasing company is not liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of a client or of any leased employee acting under the sole and exclusive direction and control of a client. A client shall not be liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of an employee leasing company or of any employee of an employee leasing company acting under the sole and exclusive direction or control of an employee leasing company. Nothing herein shall limit any contractual liability between an employee leasing company and the client company, nor shall the same limit any liability or responsibility imposed by this Act.(3) Employees leased to a client by an employee leasing company shall be considered as the employees of the client for the purposes of general liability insurance, automobile insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, and liquor liability insurance carried by the client. Employees leased to a client by an employee leasing company are not deemed employees of the employee leasing company for purposes of general liability insurance, automobile insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, and liquor liability insurance carried by the employee leasing company unless the employees are included by specific reference in the applicable employment arrangement contract, insurance contract, or bond. P.A. 90-499, eff. 1/1/1998.