Some politicians now want to go further, proposing that the current system of shared leave be turned into one of individual entitlements, under which mothers should be allowed to take only half of the family's total allowance, with the rest reserved for fathers.Policies similar to the Swedish "daddy months" have been introduced in other countries.
A national eligibility threshold for local authority services has been introduced, replacing the despised "postcode lottery" under which entitlement to help could vary markedly from council to council.
Third, it can be argued that trade unions provide their members with better information about vacation entitlements and the conditions under which employees can enforce them.5 Fourth, union members may be better able to establish working conditions in accordance with their preferences than non-members, for example, with regard to working hours, shift work and absence periods.
What seems to matter is the production model used; the timing of impact measurement; the profitability of production; and the terms and conditions under which entitlements to land, wages, and prices are defined and productivity is raised.
It's hard to imagine a situation under which the entitlement programs would be rolled back sufficiently to close the fiscal gap.
The fact that the Human Rights Act – under which an entitlement to privacy is enshrined – was passed by parliament after extensive debate is conveniently ignored.
Romney favors converting the existing Medicaid entitlement program into a system under which states would receive lump sums of money each year in the form of "block grants," as well as eliminating some federal requirements.
Congressional leaders can fold into the reconciliation bill almost any measures involving revenues or involving spending increases or decreases for entitlement programs, programs like Social Security and Medicare under which government benefits are paid automatically to everyone eligible.
Or that Democrats have revived "pay-go" procedures earlier abandoned by Republicans, under which Congress must offset most new entitlement spending or tax cuts with corresponding spending cuts or tax increases.
In a recent initiative to increase skilled attendance at delivery, the Government of India has introduced a conditional cash transfer scheme, the Janani Suraksha Yojana, under which women who choose institutional delivery may claim a cash entitlement.
