And in March of 2009, the amendments that we wanted to the Employment Insurance Act were passed, extending unemployment benefits for older and handicapped workers from six to nine months, and also adding a subsidy allowing women who want to stay home and raise children to be able to take unpaid leave from their jobs without losing their positions or seniority, which is something that working women had been hoping to get for many years.
2009 年 3 月則促成「就業保險法」修正案通過，將中高齡及身心障礙者的失業給付從 6 個月延長為 9 個月，並且增列女性勞工多年來殷殷期盼的「育嬰留職停薪津貼」。