More Large Employers Opting Out of Comp, DWC Report Shows

Approximately 30,000 more private-sector workers in Texas are covered by workers’ compensation than in 2012, but about 5% of employees still have no occupational injury coverage, according to the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation’s biennial report to the state Legislature released Monday. The division’s 2014 report, submitted by Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Ryan Brannan on Monday, shows that the percentage of Texas employers who do not subscribe to the state’s voluntary workers’ compensation system remained at 33% this year, the same figur...