With Walmart, one of Texas' largest private employers, droppingout of the state's workers' compensation system in March, Texas'unique approach to workers' comp. is receiving renewed attentionfrom both critics and supporters, according to stories in TheNew York Times and the Texas Tribune.
According to the Texas Tribune story,Texas is theonly state in the country that allows employers of any size todecline to carry state-regulated workers' comp. coverage, allowingbusinesses to develop their own injury-benefit programs.
The story cites 2010 Texas Department of Insurance figuresnoting that 15 percent of businesses in the state with over 500employees do not carry state workers' comp. coverage.
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