[3] In this position, he expressed opposition to flextime and boycotted multiple public hearings organized by the Council of Labor Affairs to discuss the topic.
[7] Lin attended the Asian regional meeting of the International Labour Organization in August, the first time representatives of Taiwan were permitted to speak at an ILO gathering.
[10] While serving on the Legislative Yuan, Lin retained his position as head of the Chinese Federation of Labour,[11] and vehemently opposed a National Health Insurance rate increase.
[12][13] New rates took effect in September 2002, and in response, Lin asked union members to pay no more than their previous premiums.
The operation was beset by complications, and he was transferred to National Taiwan University Hospital, where he died of sepsis on 26 August 2009, aged 51.