The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that, effective January 1, 2018, Floridaâs minimum wage will increase from $8.10 per hour to $8.25. Employers may pay their... The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that, effective January 1, 2018, Floridaâs minimum wage will increase from $8.10 per hour to $8.25. Employers may pay their properly tipped employees a lower rate of $5.25 per hour, but the tipped employee must earn enough in tips to make up the difference. These changes should not come as much of a surprise to Florida employers, who have grown accustomed to changes in the stateâs minimum wage.
Full Definition of MUSSEL. 1. : a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated shell. 2.: a freshwater bivalve mollusk (as of Unio, Anodonta, or related genera) that is especially abundant in rivers of the central United States and has a shell with a lustrous nacreous lining.ull Definition of MUSSEL. 1. : a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated shell. 2. : a freshwater bivalve mollusk (as of Unio, Anodonta, or related genera) that is especially abundant in rivers of the central United States and has a shell with a lustrous nacreous lining.
Like most bivalves, mussels have a large organ called a foot. In freshwater mussels, the foot is large, muscular, and generally hatchet-shaped. It is used to pull the animal through the substrate (typically sand, gravel, or silt) in which it lies partially buried.