Amnesic shellfish poisoning: This is a strange and rare form of poisoning that begins with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. These symptoms are followed by short-term memory loss, and other less common nervous system symptoms.
The state of Texas follows the federal labor laws, and has not adopted any of their own as some other states have done. According to Texas overtime laws, employers are required to pay their employees overtime pay for hours worked over forty hours a week. Texas overtime laws require that overtime pay should be no less than one and one-half times the employeeâs regular rate of pay. The only employees that should not receive overtime pay are those that are exempt. Texas follows the federal laws regarding exempt employees. Exempt employees are strictly defined by the Department of Labor and include employees such as executives, professionals, teachers and certain commissioned positions.
The Texas Minimum Wage Increase Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have set the state's hourly minimum wage at $10.10 or the federal minimum wage, whichever was greater. The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-116) as House Joint Resolution 26. The minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour. This is not changing as of January 1, 2016. The minimum wage is changing in 14 other states as of January 1, 2016. The proposed ballot title was: The proposed amendment would have added a Section 29 to Article 16 of the Texas Constitution.