Because 68.27 is less than 100, Tree World is a âsmall businessâ under the minimum wage ordinance. do tips count toward the minimum wage? Tips and gratuities do not affect the new minimum wage owed to employees.
Before 1982, the penny was made of copper which is why they, unlike most other coins, don't look silver. However, after 1982, the U.S. government realized that it was too expensive to make a pennyâmore than the penny was worth in moneyâso they decided, instead, to make it with a mixture of two different metals. Nearly ninety nine per cent of the penny is made of zinc while the other per cent (at most) is made of copper.
Actually, modern pennies(post 1982) are 97.5% Zinc with the remaining 2.5% being electrolytically plated copper. Up till 1982, pennies were made from and alloy composed of 95% Copper, 2-3% Zinc and 2-3% Tin. Additionally, the 1943 wartime penny or the steel penny was made of steel with zinc plating, so that copper could be saved for military use.