It was in some respects an awkward time for the bill's passage, what with a high unemployment rate and a generally poor business climate. It's one thing if a business is making money, but if a company running in the red has to give its employees extra days off, won't this just make labor costs too much to bear?
歷經十一年的奮鬥，兩性工作平等法終於完成立法，但通過的時機很是尷尬，如今時機歹歹、失業率居高不下，企業賺錢還好，萬一不賺錢，還要給員工這麼多假，人事成本豈不更重？