given new responsibilities

given new responsibilities
   demoted
   The new responsibilities are invariably less demanding or rewarding than those relinquished:
    ... the two existing top managers... have been given new responsibilities. (Daily Telegraph, 2 September 1994, under the headline 'Simpson shakes up Lucas')

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