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To address a bottleneck at Plant Delta, management transfers eight machine operators from Plant Delta to Plant Omega. The redeployed workers retain the same job titles, wages, and benefits; however, the move increases the daily commute and requires a shift-time adjustment for several. The company gives 15 days’ notice and informs that failure to report to Plant Omega within 15 days will be treated as voluntary resignation. Operator Niko from Plant Delta objects, arguing the redeployment changes his terms and conditions and amounts to a demotion; the company contends it is a bona fide exercise of the employer's management prerogatives and does not reduce pay or rank. Identify the doctrine governing transfers of employees and determine whether this redeployment is a valid exercise of that doctrine under Philippine law.