What is the impact of demotion and reduction of support on a reporting relationship?

In Grace v. Reader’s Digest Assn. (Canada) Ltd.[9], the plaintiff was demoted and changes were made to his reporting relationship, responsibility and support. All of those changes were held to be fundamental and to go to the root of the contract.

In Alpert v. Les Carreaux Ramca Ltee[10], the employer unilaterally imposed a cap on the bonus of the plaintiff where there had never been one previously.

In Dibbin v. Canada Trust Co.[11], the plaintiff’s job was reclassified to a lower position and his salary was frozen, or “red circled”, until the lower job position salaries caught up with his original salary.