1 A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.
Effective January 1, 2008, the minimum wage in California is $8.00 per hour. It will increase to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2014, and to $10.00 per hour effective January 1, 2016. For sheepherders, however, effective July 1, 2002, the minimum wage was set at $1,200.00 per month.
Minimum Wage Amount. Presuming an employee works 40 hours per week, California's minimum wage translates to $320 per week. Since there are 52 weeks in a year, most California workers therefore earn a minimum of $16,640 per year before taxes and other deductions.s of 2011, the federal minimum wage is lower than California's minimum wage. Employers in California must follow California law; they cannot pay a worker the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour instead of the $8 per hour California requires.