Office of the Worker Adviser

Also filed as Office of the Worker Advisor (2001–2009).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 35 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

35

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$123,403

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$114,106

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Office of the Worker Adviser in 2025?

Kevin Brown, General Counsel and Manager, Central Client Services Unit, was paid $285,385 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 35 Office of the Worker Adviser employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $114,106.

How has Office of the Worker Adviser's Sunshine List changed?

Office of the Worker Adviser listed 1 people in 2001 and 35 in 2025 — 35× as many; payroll on the list went from $109K to $4.3M, and the median salary moved from $108,783 to $114,106.

How many Office of the Worker Adviser employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 25 yearly values of median salary, from $108,783 in 2001 to $114,106 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K200120062011201520202025
Median salary, 2001–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Kevin Brown
$285,385
General Counsel and Manager, Central Client Services Unit
#2Umer Sheraz
$187,729
Director, Office of the Worker Adviser
#3Krystyna Drywa
$165,955
Regional Manager, Central
#4Sylvie Fischer
$161,969
Regional Manager, Central
#5Margaret Townsend
$143,042
Regional Manager, Central
#6Kristen Lindsay
$135,786
Regional Manager, Central
#7Toni-Ann Simpson
$128,273
Worker Representative
#8Stephanie Marple
$124,976
Worker Adviser
#9Erin Hunte
$120,359
Worker Representative
#10Donna Chaplow
$115,148
Workers Compensation Program Specialist
#11Laura Vurma
$115,148
Legislative Interpretation Specialist
#12Jennifer Turano
$115,114
Worker Adviser
#13Stephen Galbraith
$115,082
Manager, Business Integration and Operational Excellence
#14Margaret Keys
$115,042
Legislative Interpretation Specialist
#15Mark Evans
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#16Patricia Fontyn
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#17Donald Hunter
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#18Dominique Lacelle
$114,349
Worker Adviser, Bilingual
#19Diana Sanginesi
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#20Darcy Stewart
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#21Philip Vaccarello
$114,349
Worker Adviser
#22Katryn Pereira
$114,181
Legislative Interpretation Specialist
#23Jennifer Musca
$113,394
Worker Adviser, Bilingual
#24Lindsy Venturi
$112,666
Worker Adviser
#25Catherine Hicken
$112,005
Worker Adviser

See all 35 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Kevin Brown at Office of the Worker Adviser had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $216,103 to $285,071, up 31.9%.

Kevin Brown+31.9%
General Counsel and Manager, Central Client Services Unit
$216,103 → $285,071
Sylvie Fischer+29.6%
Regional Manager, Central
$124,860 → $161,789
Kristen Lindsay+23.5%
Regional Manager, Central
$109,868 → $135,634
Stephanie Marple+16.6%
Worker Adviser
$106,954 → $124,733
Jennifer Turano+0.1%
Worker Adviser
$114,797 → $114,871

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

11 people were new to Office of the Worker Adviser's list in 2025; 9 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Office of the Worker Adviser →

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