It took 12 long years for the Legislative Yuan to finally pass this law. The reason? The issue came up at a time when traditional industries in Taiwan began facing problems of rising costs and wages, and capitalists did not want to take on the added costs the law would entail. Businessmen even sent a petition to the president in which this bill was listed as one of "ten evil pieces of legislation."
然而，從法案提出到三讀通過，竟歷經了漫長的十二個年頭，原因是適逢台灣經濟衰退，資本家認為不應再加重人力成本的負擔，還因此上書總統，將此法列為「十大惡法」之一。