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In a private company, Sunray Electronics, a long-tenured employee named Nia Mendoza holds the position of Senior Design Engineer for 11 years. Following a corporate restructuring, the company demotes Nia to Design Engineer, reduces her monthly salary by 18%, and transfers her to a distant facility with different duties and reporting lines. No misconduct is alleged, no disciplinary process is followed, and there is no express consent from Nia to the demotion. Nia continues to work for two months, then resigns and sues Sunray for constructive dismissal and back wages. Sunray defends by invoking legitimate management prerogative during restructuring, arguing that Nia’s continued employment under the new terms shows tacit acceptance of the change. (a) Identify the central doctrine at issue. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule for constructive dismissal versus legitimate demotion. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and determine whether Nia’s relationship was constructively dismissed and what remedies may be available.

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The issue concerns redundancy and retrenchment rather than constructive dismissal or demotion; the remedies would be limited to statutory separation pay under applicable rules regardless of the facts. Legitimate demotion occurred; the restructuring can be a valid exercise of management prerogative if there is business necessity and due process; because the employee continued to work under the new terms, tacit acceptance bars back wages for the period preceding the change. Constructive dismissal occurred; the combined demotion, salary cut, and relocation without due process or consent amounts to repudiation of the employment contract; the employee is entitled to reinstatement with back wages (and potentially separation pay if reinstatement is impracticable). The employer’s actions are void ab initio for lack of proper authorization; the employee may seek reinstatement with full back wages and damages for damages arising from the improper demotion.

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