In the past, few women availed themselves of the two-year unpaid parental leave before their child's third birthday because they were concerned about a loss of income. Therefore, parental leave existed in name only. In the future, subsidized parental leave funded out of the Labor Insurance program ought to encourage many more women to take it.
此外，孩子未滿 3 歲前的 2 年「留職停薪育嬰假」，過去因害怕收入銳減等考量，很少人利用而形同虛設，未來改成由社會保險來負擔薪資津貼，利用率應該會提升。