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.
The War Effort and Metals. The 1943 silver colored penny is a wartime issue made of steel and coated with zinc. During World War II, copper was so badly needed for the war effort (to make shell casings) that the U.S. penny was made out of steel that year, which is why most 1943 pennies are silver colored.