Is it unfair treatment or discrimination to disallow a manager to step down when the position is too stressful?

Is it unfair treatment or discrimination to disallow a manager to step down when the position is too stressful?

I have asked several times to step down from front end manager to bookkeeper but the store manager and district manager would not allow me to. Now I have the HR manager talking to me about not performing my job correctly and laying me off because of it. I even applied for bookkeeping positions on the job board trying to step down from the stressful Management position I currently have. I feel as if I am being unjustly mistreated, and wondering if they can treat their management employees that way?

Asked on February 21, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, South Carolina

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