"For those out of work, unemployment insurance is just a stop-gap, short-term way of getting by. If this measure cannot be implemented, then there are others that can be," says Chan Huo-sheng, vice-chairman of the Council of Labor Affairs. Chan was not especially disappointed by the outcome, and there are no plans to try to overturn the decision in the near term.
「失業保險，對失業者來說，只是救火式的、近程的幫助手段；這個手段行不通，還是有很多其他的措施可以做」，勞委會副主委詹火生對這個結果並不特別失望，短期內也不準備翻案。