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	Valarie Anthony BellaOnline's Career Training Editor

Consistency On the Job Equals a Formula for Success
Watching favoritism or bullying behavior from a manager on the job is just plain frustrating. Favoritism and bullying happens when there is no blood relationship. Nepotism involves bloodlines and -- well, that's another story.

Employer Can’t Pick and Choose Employee Time
If you’re confused about the difference between your boss´s time and yours, you need to understand what work-time activities are considered under the control of your employer. You have the right to receive payment for any time spent on job-related activities benefiting your employer.

Every Freelancer Needs a Contract
It is no wonder we have nightmares about contracts. When freelancers are told to create one for their services, most consider it a daunting task. So much so, that they put it off, until faced with problems that wouldn´t have arisen had they had one in place from the start.

Phased Retirement Options Keeps Corporate America Strong
There is no savings in losing trained career-employees simply because they have reached a chronological working age determined in a century accustomed to lower life expectancies.

Privacy and Ethics in the Workplace for Newbies
Your office computer is not YOURS. Everything belongs to the company. Keep personal information off your office computer if you don´t want everyone to know your business.

Retirement Downsizing Shouldn´t Mean Poverty-Level Living
Retirement age is here or just around the corner. For me, it has been a real eye-opener to see the range of living options my friends have had to grapple with because of a drastically reduced income.

White-Collar Crime -- To Catch a Thief
Embezzlement, fraud, forgery, theft of petty cash, inventory, and supplies, all fall under the umbrella of employee theft or white collar crime. Burglary, purse snatching, or shoplifting, are considered outright acts of thievery -- but, to your local DA, it´s all theft.