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It's rare because it is usually illegal if they don't consent to a role change which is out of job description and not clearly a promotion (it's called constructive dismissal, an otherwise deviously clever way of forcing someone to quit instead of having to fire them)



I don't know that constructive dismissal raises to the level of 'illegal', it's effectively the same as firing them.

I mean if you do this, and they quit and file for unemployment, it's the same outcome as if you fired them right?


No, if they quit they can’t file for unemployment.

It’s illegal in Canada I don’t know about other countries. Quitting is not the same as firing, no.




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