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Many entitlement formulae for early retirement, for example, include conditions of seniority or length of service.
The possession of keys unlocked secrets and it was also a mark of status, a function of responsible office and seniority.
All of the rebels remain in their factions, and appear not to have been punished by any loss of seniority within those factions.
His younger royal allies in turn were positioned further down in the seniority ranking.
Figure 1 shows another significant change: there is no longer ' seniority advantage' in the labour market.
In remuneration, performance displaces seniority as the determining criterion.
Canceling the seniority rule is, however, not necessarily what maximin egalitarians should advocate.
Seniority and skill levels became roughly identifiable with place of origins, often with growingly different political traditions.
High pay, extensive staffing, and the selective use of seniority systems all appeared in legislatures that were not commonly considered professionalized.
Seniority is a principle accepted both by the local community and the bureaucracy.
The newly lowered age and seniority boundaries for promotion were appropriate for the well-trained officers who had entered in 1934-8.
In such cases, seniority privileges may be preferred.
Presumably, we are envisaging a situation in which the government will ban reliance on seniority.
Should we not conclude that, from an egalitarian perspective, there is indeed something seriously wrong with a seniority-based allocation?
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