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I discussed a salary reduction for an employee instead of laying him off and he is asking lot of questions even though I explained the state of business as we are in client based contract business and have none at this point for next year.
Unless you have a contractual right to reduce your employees salary or lay them off, you are not legally entitled to do so and taking such a unilateral action would be deemed a constructive dismissal.