Reasonable Notice Period Chart | Job Category: All > Sales/Marketing | Ages: All ages / Under 40 / 40-49 / 50+
| Date | Case Name | Citation | Age | Years of Service | Job Subcategory | Position | Notice (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018.12.11 | Avelin v. Aya Lasers Inc. | 2018 BCSC 2313 | 47 (approx) | 0.6 | Salespersons | Sales representative"Ms. Avelin was a short-term employee responsible for sales, and her function was significant for her employer, though she was not senior management" | 4 |
| 2018.08.29 | Greenlees v. Starline Windows Ltd. | 2018 BCSC 1457 | 43 | 0.5 | Salespersons | Sales professional"This position will play a pivotal role in expanding our new and renovation construction window sales. Ensuring success in maintaining and growing market share in these areas...Mr. Greenlees’ responsibilities were to be those of a front-line salesperson in the Lower Mainland." | 6 |
| 2015.03.25 | Steinebach v Clean Energy Compression Corp | 2015 BCSC 460 | 48 (approx) | 19.5 | Senior/specialized sales | Vice-president of business development"While the plaintiff submits that his role as Vice President Business Development Canada carried a high level of importance, he acknowledged that he did not have supervisory responsibilities...The plaintiff submits, and I agree, that while he held a sales position, his position required a degree of specialized skill and knowledge that would not be required if the position was merely to sell the defendant’s products. Similar to Sciancamerli, he had “familiarity with the equipment, jargon and technical needs” of the CNG systems to warrant a degree of specialized skill and I am satisfied that this justifies a longer notice period for the plaintiff." | 16 |
| 2013.12.03 | Nicholls v Columbia Taping Tools Ltd | 2013 BCSC 2201 | 49 (approx) | 5 | Sales managers | Account manager"He was an account manager for the defendant, which was a sales position...The position did not involve supervising any other employees, but it was a managerial position, and the plaintiff was a member of the managerial team." | 8 |
| 2007.09.28 | Earl v Canada Bread Co | 2007 BCSC 1574 | 49 (approx) | 19 | Sales managers | Territory manager (Northern Vancouver Island)"Territory managers are the first level of management within the defendant's sales structure...As a territory manager, the plaintiff's primary responsibility was to act as a liaison with approximately eight of the defendant's franchisees and from time to time the customers included in the delivery routes of the franchisees. The plaintiff was responsible for ensuring that the defendant's programs were properly executed by the franchisees when the defendant's products were delivered to its customers at the store level, to coach the franchisees about the defendant's programs, to answer each of the franchisees' questions concerning the defendant's products and to help the franchisees with schematic changes such as moving products on the shelf and preparing exception and quality of product reports...On occasion, the plaintiff would also perform sales activities on behalf of the defendant...As a territory manager, the plaintiff did not have the authority to hire personnel without informing or seeking approval of an immediate supervisor or someone within the defendant's human resources department. However, when hiring was to be done, he did participate in the interview process." | 17 |
| 2005.10.26 | McSeveney v Phone Directories Company Inc | 2005 BCSC 1510 | 41 (approx) | 6 | Sales managers | Regional sales director"His duties at the time of his termination included managing sales for British Columbia, Alberta, the Arctic and Alaska. Sales achieved in those areas in 2004 exceeded $18.8 million. He managed up to 14 regional managers who, in turn, supervised between 45 and 120 sales personnel. He was reporting to the President of the company. He oversaw a substantial advertising budget and played a role in the hiring and firing of employees within his area of responsibility. He was, for purposes of determining the appropriate notice period, an upper management employee." | 9 |
The reasonable notice period chart lists notice periods awarded in Canadian wrongful dismissal cases.