While the majority of states require employers to offer workers’ compensation coverage to employees, Texas does not. In Texas, a business whose employees could be eligible for the program can make the choice to opt out of the system, commonly known as non-subscription. 44% of all Texas Employers are non-subscribers and over 20% of all employees are no longer covered under workers’ compensation. Non-subscribing businesses typically establish their own plans to address workplace injuries and subsequent injured worker claims. Texas has given business owners this option since 1913; however, many businesses do not know that they are not required to subscribe to workers’ compensation. Any size business can be a non-subscriber, from local small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. When facing an employee claim of negligence concerning a workplace injury, it is in the best interest of a non-subscriber to find employment law attorneys with in-depth knowledgeable of the ins-and-outs of the Texas Labor Code and the case law that serves to defend its claims in court or to resolve the matter through arbitration or other such proceedings.