Controversy grew after the Executive Yuan announced that it would not send the new law back for reconsideration. The response of the business community has been the most intense, but labor is also unhappy: There are rumors that the Executive Yuan may lower the minimum wage or postpone a proposed tightening up on foreign labor quotas as a sop to business people.
修正案通過後，由於行政院決定不提出覆議案，更引起輿情譁然，其中企業界的反應尤為激烈，勞工團體也因為政院傳出將可能以降低基本工資、減緩緊縮外勞引進等方式配套，對此縮減工時案也不表歡迎。