# Texas — Workers' compensation waiting periods and retroactive thresholds by US state

For Texas, waiting period (days) is 7 days; retroactive trigger (days) is 14 days; how days are counted is TIBs begin once the injury or illness causes the worker to miss eight days from work. Benefits are not paid for the first week unless the injury caused disability for 14 days or more; statute or rule citation is Tex. Lab. Code § 408.082, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 7 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Retroactive trigger (days):** 14 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How days are counted:** TIBs begin once the injury or illness causes the worker to miss eight days from work. Benefits are not paid for the first week unless the injury caused disability for 14 days or more. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** Tex. Lab. Code § 408.082 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> TIBs begin once your injury or illness causes you to miss eight days from work. Benefits are not paid for the first week unless your injury caused you to lose all or some of your pay (disability) for 14 days or more.

## Source

- https://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/employee/tempben.html

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
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