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entitlement

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An individual's right to receive a value or benefit provided by law.

Commonly recognized entitlements are benefits, such as those provided by Social Security or Workers' Compensation.


See also: birthright, certification, charter, consent, droit, due, fitness, freedom, license, privilege, qualification, right, sanction, title


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In the article, "An empirical examination of the role of attributions in psychological entitlement and its outcomes," Harvey and coauthor Mark Martinko at Florida State University, write that people who feel entitled to preferential treatment more often than not exhibit self-serving attributional styles--the tendency to take credit for good outcomes and blame others when things go wrong.
In practice this means if you have a five-day working week your entitlement will rise from 24 days to 28 days.
For a full-time worker the current statutory paid holiday entitlement is 4.
 
 
 
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