On the other hand, there are many private firms in Taiwan which have operated on a five-day workweek for many years. According to statistics from the CEPD, 12 % of all local companies employing more than 30 people offered their employees either a two-day weekend every week or alternate two-day weekends in 1991. As of 1996, this figure had grown to 17 %.
另一方面，台灣也早有許多民營企業已經實施周休二日制度，根據經建會統計，我國三十人以上企業完全周休二日，及部份周休二日所佔的比例，由八十年的百分之十．二，增至八十五年的百分之十七。