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Day: March 8, 2018

“Protection” of Volunteers Under Federal Employment Law: Discouraging Voluntarism

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INTRODUCTION

In September 1990, the Department of Labor informed the Salvation Army that the participants in its down-and-out work-therapy program' were not "volunteers," but rather "employees" subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act's2 ("FLSA") minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping provisions. The Salvation Army, an employer of over 40,000 regular employees,7 commenced a federal lawsuit to enjoin the Labor Department's proposed action--an action that would have required the Salvation Army to pay standard wages to an estimated 70,000 participants who are enrolled in its work-therapy programs.9 The Labor Department, subjected to political pressure for singling out the reputable charity, 10 abandoned its plan to sue, and consequently the Salvation Army's action was dismissed." The dismissal of the suit, however, left the underlying conflict unresolved, reserving for a future date the question.

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Economic Impact Analysis: The Potential Impact of an NHRA Drag Racing Facility in Lancaster County

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Entertainment venues are an important component to the quality of life in cities and states. Venues provide local residents with an opportunity to attend events that interest them without requiring them to travel to another city. This saves local residents money and allows residents to attend more events. Both factors increase the quality of life for local citizens, in much the same way that having more local shopping options raises the quality of life.

i Lincoln’s need for new entertainment venues to improve the quality of life and to retain or attract younger residents has been a recent topic of discussion in the city. For example, a new arena and other facilities have been discussed for the downtown area. This analysis considers another potential entertainment venue for the Lincoln area: a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Motorplex Facility. In particular, Nebraska Motorplex has recently proposed developing and operating a motorplex venue in Lancaster County. This analysis considers the annual economic impact of such a NHRA Motorplex Facility.

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Sport Tourism: Factors Of Influence On Sport Event Visit Motivation

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Abstract

Tourism and sport are key elements of today’s culture and have a specific influence on the behaviour of society. Especially since the 1960’s sport has become a huge international matter with large amount of media attention, money and also political interest. On the other hand tourism remains the world’s largest industry as well as very developing and growing.

Within sport tourism the distinction between active participation and passive spectatorship is an essential difference. In this research a behavioural approach is taken towards the principal of sport event tourism. There has been a significant growth of sport event tourism over the years which provide certain tourists a lot of opportunities for whom watching sport has become a primary reason to travel. This development has encouraged the writer to examine the sport event tourist behaviour.

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Consumer Decision-Making Models Within The Discipline Of Consumer Science: A Critical Approach

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INTRODUCTION

Consumer behaviour and consumer decision-making have become prominent research topics in the various fields of consumer science in recent years. Consumer science includes the former discipline of home economics and refers to a discipline that evolves around consumer behaviour and decision making concerning foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, housing and interior merchandise in everyday living in order to meet basic and higher order needs for physical, psychological, sociopsychological and financial satisfaction in a complex micro and macro environment. Of specific importance is that buying and consumer decision making are complicated as a result of external influences that have to be handled within an internal frame of reference that has come about through consumer socialization (that may be/have been restricted). Consumer behaviour within the discipline of consumer science focuses on consumption behaviour where the humane aspect of decision making and purchasing is of major importance as opposed to buyer behaviour the domain of the...

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