Workers' Compensation Review Committee to Meet in Sydney

ENVIRONMENT/LABOUR -Workers' Compensation Review Committee to Meet in Sydney

The Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Review Committee is holding public meetings in Sydney on Monday, Oct. 1, and Tuesday, Oct. 2. The meetings for both days will begin at 9 a.m. at Steelworkers Hall.

For the past month the committee has been booking appointments with Nova Scotians interested in workers' compensation. The committee is visiting 12 Nova Scotia communities, and has already made stops in Truro, Halifax and Amherst. It will make a second Cape Breton stop on Oct. 4 in Port Hawkesbury. The committee is seeking information on people's experience with the workers' compensation system.

The committee is studying 28 questions regarding Nova Scotia's workers' compensation system and is seeking input from those involved in the system as well as from the general public. It will submit its final report to government on March 29, 2002.

People who want to speak to the committee can book an appointment by calling 902-424-8685 or by visiting the committee's Web site at www.gov.ns.ca/enla/wcrc/. The committee's full schedule is available on the Web site. Those unable to attend the meetings can send in a written submission by fax at 902-424-0503, mail to P.O. Box 697, Halifax, B3J 2T8; or e-mail to [email protected] . The deadline for written submissions is Oct. 10.