workers confident that they are working in a safe factory. That feeling will reduce the damages and life-loss when any accident occurs. 1. Introduction Labour laws were born to create equal opportunities for all workers and employers to secure decent safety and security and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. In theory, the labour laws envisage a set of rights but in practice they work as shield for workers. These laws are the reflections of fair sharing of rights, duties and obligations between employers and workers. These laws also focus on international labour standards ensuring decent work for all. The Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA), 2006 in the country seeks, inter alia, to protect and promote rights of the workers. Although legal provisions exist to uphold the fundamental principles and to protect rights at work, their implementation and enforcement remain a daunting challenge. This study explores whether and to what extent the security and safety net of workers are covered under the legal framework in Bangladesh specifically in the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 in conformity with international standard.1 It will also drill out the discrepancies and pitfalls of the law reflecting the availability of acceptable standards including security and safety net, rather than engaging to find out the outcome of how the trade-off between the conflicting interests of workers and employers. This sector has a greater potential than that of any other sector in terms of employment and foreign exchange earnings to reduce poverty and make a contribution to the national economy. Even though, security and safety standards of workers in this sector are not up to the mark. However, in recommending amendments to the existing Labour Act this study will address the concerns of all the stakeholders. 2. Objectives of the Study This study mainly aims at justifying the status of compliance regarding security and safety net of the garments workers in Bangladesh in line with national and international legal framework and standard practice coupled with the vow to investigate the main loopholes of the present labour law in the country. In particular, the provisions concerning the security and safety of the 1 See generally Anonymous, ‗Bangladesh: Amended Labour Law Falls Short: Some Improvements: But Workers Rights Still at Serious Risk‘, Human Rights Watch (July 15, 2013), available at http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/15/bangladesh-amended-labor-law-falls-short, last accessed June 3, 2014.