It would destroy the basic entitlement to essential services for a very vulnerable group of low-income people whom the states have chosen to cover.

But Democrats and Republicans are far apart on helping idle workers who have already exhausted the basic entitlement.

Last November he finally approved an additional 26 to 33 weeks of benefits for workers still unemployed after they have exhausted their basic 26-week entitlement.

Expressly included are those working through job agencies (section 34), so that the agencies' charges must not eat into a worker's basic entitlement.

Nevertheless it would be usual to specify some basic entitlement in the partnership agreement (Clause 15.01).

An employee's basic entitlement is to a position in the former commuting area.

The basic entitlement to annual leave was for 4 weeks of paid annual leave every year.

After fighting for middle-class entitlements, he took away from the poor the basic entitlement of guaranteed subsistence.

Finally, we look forward to a charter which spells out the basic entitlement to public service broadcasting as well as the other services mentioned tonight.

It also made provisions for basic entitlements of slaves to clothes, food and rudimentary education.