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.
5. Along with the first U.S. pennyâs design, the phrase âa penny saved is a penny earnedâ has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Visitors to the founding fatherâs grave in Philadelphia traditionally leave one-cent pieces there for good luck. 6. The copper content of U.S. pennies has declined over the years due to rising prices. The expensive metal makes up just 2.5 percent of one-cent pieces minted in 1982 or later; nickels, dimes and quarters, on the other hand, are mainly composed of copper.