[Crowbob]

OK. I have a better picture of your situation, I think. In order to continue in your current job, the company is requiring some increased level of certification. If you don't get the certs., you are not considered to be qualified to be a "director" even though you already are one (by title, at least). Hmm. What comes to mind are the continuing education credits required of MD's to maintain their standing as physicians, even though they already are MD's. I managed a pizza store way back when electricity was first invented. They required periodic food safety certification to maintain status as store manager. If you refused you were gone, except that they told you this up front, not out of the blue when you were already a manger. I still think they could have canned a refusenik.