The BC Supreme Court awarded 12 months of pay in lieu of notice to the wrongfully dismissed plaintiff in Ensign v Price’s Alarm Systems (2009) Ltd., 2017 BCSC 2137. Relevant factors included:
- Plaintiff’s age: 63
- Length of service: 12.5 years
- Job: Medical alert advisor
- Notice period: 12 months
The plaintiff’s duties were described by the Court as follows:
As a Medical Alert Advisor Mr. Ensign’s duties and responsibilities included: soliciting customers and selling medical alert systems to them; responding to “leads”, where potential customers had contacted the Company indicating interest in a medical alert system; signing customers up to contracts and installing the medical alert equipment in the customer’s home; and providing follow-up service and advice to customers following installation of the system.
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