In September 2003, the CLA established an "overwork task force" to look into research findings from Japan and Germany, to open discussions about reducing the standard for defining overwork, and to look realistically at the overwork problem in Taiwanese workplaces.
2003 年 9 月勞委會成立了「過勞小組」，開始研究日本、德國的作法，研議放寬過勞標準，正視台灣職場的過勞問題。