Under the amended law, beginning on January 1 of next year, the legally mandated maximum number of working hours will be 84 hours every two weeks, as compared to 48 hours per week previously, a reduction of 12 working hours per week on average. The KMT amendments, providing for four fewer hours than the DPP-led Executive Yuan's proposal of 88 hours every two weeks, have drawn a heated response from business.
根據該修正案規定，明年一月一日起，法定工時將從原先的每週四十八小時縮短為兩週八十四小時，平均兩週縮短十二小時，較之原先行政院所提出的兩週八十八小時版本驟降四小時，引起資方激烈反彈。