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Constructive Dismissal Involving Reduced Responsibilities
Usually, constructive dismissal involves demotion in rank or diminution in pay. However, there could be constructive dismissal even though on paper there was no demotion in title or diminution in pay. To give a conceptual view, constructive dismissal exists where there is cessation of work because “continued employment is rendered impossible, unreasonable or unlikely, as an offer involving a demotion in rank and a diminution in pay.” (Globe Telecom, Inc. vs. Galang, G.R. No. 150092, September 27, 2002.) There is constructive [...]