On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, the Ontario government introduced Bill 238, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020. If passed, this legislation would prevent unexpected increases to employers' WSIB premiums in 2021. The proposed legislation would amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to implement a special rule in respect of the calculation of WSIB premiums for the 2021 calendar year. Generally, WSIB premiums are calculated with reference to the "average industrial wage," an amount based on the average weekly earnings industrial aggregate for Ontario as published by Statistics Canada. However, because the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant job loss among lower-wage workers, the average