Workers' Advisers Program
Program Overview
The Workers' Advisers Program is a legislated provincial government service. It is independent from the Workers' Compensation Board, and provides legal services to claimants under the Workers' Compensation Act. The Workers' Advisers Program is supervised by the Chief Worker Adviser.
Statement of Goals and Objectives
The Workers' Advisers Program is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of a program to advise, assist and represent injured workers who have been denied benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act while maintaining appropriate financial controls of the expenditures.
Contact Information
Halifax Office:
Workers' Advisers Program
5670 Spring Garden Road, Suite 502
P.O. Box 1063
Halifax, NS B3J 2X1
Telephone (Voice and TDD): 424-5050
Toll Free in NS: 1-800-774-4712
Fax: (902) 424-0530
Halifax Staff Listing
Sydney Office:
320 Esplanade, Suite 302
Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 1A7
Telephone: (902) 563-2302
Toll Free in Nova Scotia: 1-800-890-6786
Fax: (902) 563-2298
Sydney Staff Listing
Halifax Office Staff:
- Anne Clark, Chief Worker Adviser: (902) 424-3663
- Brenda Potvin, Secretary to Chief Worker Adviser: (902) 424-0132
- Linda Zambolin, Adviser: (902) 424-7292
- Bill MacDonald, Adviser: (902) 424-3740
- Kenny LeBlanc, Adviser: (902) 424-0460
- Bill Powroz, Adviser (non-lawyer): (902) 424-0478
- Patricia Dunn, Adviser: (902) 424-1809
- Terrance Brown, Adviser: (902) 424-1810
- Wendy Buffett, Supervisor Office Services: (902) 424-3741
- Margaret O'Dell, Intake Clerk: (902) 424-0459
- Janice Harnish, Secretary: (902) 424-1807
- Al MacNeil, Special Projects Coordinator: (902) 424-8203
- Heather Belanger, Secretary: (902) 424-1806
- Lauralee MacDonald, Secretary: (902) 424-5394
Sydney Office Staff:
- Eleanor Neal, Adviser (non-lawyer): (902) 563-2299
- Rick MacCuish (Adviser): (902) 563-2290
- Denise MacDonald, Adviser (non-lawyer): (902) 563-2301
- Cathy McLean, Secretary: (902) 563-2302
- Linda Peckham, Secretary: (902) 563-2286
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