Employees of private-sector firms will not dare to ask for leave so readily. National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises chairman Roscher Lin states that given the weak state of the economy, if a person takes childcare leave their co-workers will have to pick up the slack. Few businesses want to hire a new person just to fill a short-term gap.
中小企業協會理事長林秉彬就表示，現在景氣差，若有人請育嬰假，工作勢必要由其他同事分擔，企業不太可能為了幾個月的空檔，再新聘一位員工。