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Michael Zacks

General Counsel at Office of the Employer Adviser. On Ontario’s disclosure list 19 years between 2001 and 2019.

Office of the Employer Adviser General Counsel Everyone at Office of the Employer Adviser in 2019

Salary disclosure2019

Michael Zacks
General Counsel
Office of the Employer Adviser

Salary paid: $227,383.46
Taxable benefits: $267.48
Total disclosed: $227,650.94

Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2018: +$18,959 (+9.1%)19years on
the list

Among 20 people with the title “General Counsel” in 2019

Paid more than 75% of them. Their median: $191,947.

$227,383$111,396$247,584

Among 4 people at Office of the Employer Adviser in 2019

1st highest paid. Their median: $118,690.

Paid more than 97% of everyone on the 2019 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

middle 80%middle halfmedianthis personspacing grows with pay (log scale)

Salary by year

SalaryMedian for the job

$227K

Show as a table

Year	Salary	Median for the job
2001	$157,081
2002	$138,264	$160,330
2003	$151,522	$166,492
2004	$154,253	$161,923
2005	$160,564	$178,835
2006	$176,129	$189,255
2007	$179,666	$186,770
2008	$187,538	$187,538
2009	$190,138	$190,138
2010	$191,213	$195,000
2011	$191,213	$200,085
2012	$191,213	$208,201
2013	$191,213	$199,849
2014	$199,631	$200,198
2015	$204,863	$191,949
2016	$205,594	$190,022
2017	$208,425	$197,105
2018	$208,425	$179,830
2019	$227,383	$191,947

History

Year	Employer and job	Salary	Benefits	Change
2019	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel	$227,383	$267	+$18,959
2018	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel	$208,425	$299	$0
2017	Office of the Employer Adviser / Bureau des conseillers des employeursGeneral Counsel / Avocat général	$208,425	$303	+$2,830
2016	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel	$205,594	$317	+$732
2015	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel / Avocat général	$204,863	$334	+$5,232
2014	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel / Avocat général	$199,631	$328	+$8,418
2013	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel	$191,213	$288	$0
2012	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel	$191,213	$261	$0
2011	Office of the Employer Adviser / Bureau des conseillers des employeursGeneral Counsel / Avocat général · moved here	$191,213	$272	$0
2010	Office of the Employer AdviserGeneral Counsel · moved here	$191,213	$308	+$1,075
2009	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$190,138	$311	+$2,600
2008	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$187,538	$326	+$7,871
2007	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$179,666	$312	+$3,537
2006	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$176,129	$289	+$15,565
2005	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$160,564	$265	+$6,311
2004	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$154,253	$268	+$2,731
2003	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$151,522	$283	+$13,258
2002	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel	$138,264	$294	−$18,817
2001	Office of the Employer AdvisorGeneral Counsel, OEA	$157,081	$313

Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal