June 8, 2014
Director (Administration & Finance
Finance)
National
tional Human Rights Commission
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Subject: Submission of study report on ‘Security & Safety Net of Garments Workers: Need
N
for
Amendment of Labour Law’.
Dear Sir,
On behalf of our team, I am very glad to submit (both soft copy & hard copy) the study report on
‘Security & Safety Net
et of Garments Workers: Need for Amendment of Labour Law’. This study
has employed both qualitative and empirical approach because of its apparent mixed nature of
problem with a view to achieving the best outcome of the research. It has also congregated
information to make the study report specific and articulated through the procedure of collecting
and using necessary data from relevant sources. In the
he empirical part of the study only the
garments workers have been interviewed. To make the study more comprehensive other
stakeholders, such as, owners and regulatory bodies officials are not interviewed due to time
constraint.
he study is to justify the status of compliance regarding security and
The main objective of the
safety net of garments workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh. It has examined
amined by international legal frame work,
especially with the core eight ILO Conventions and national legal frame work i.e. Constitution of
Bangladesh, existing labour laws dealing with the same agenda. Considering above all a
recommendation has also been made in this regard.
The study is basically confined on Readymade Garments sector within Dhaka and outskirts of
Dhaka. It has not investigated the EPZ workers who are not covered by the Bangladesh Labour
Act, 2006.
I sincerely hope this report has fulfilled the requirements suggested by National Human Rights
Commission, Bangladesh. If you have an question please do not hesi
hesitate
tate to contact me.
Sincerely yours
Syed Robayet Ferdous
(Team Leader of the Study Report)
Assistant Professor & Director, Centre for Legal Research (CLR)
Department of Law & Justice,
Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Cell: (+880) 01716-588891, E-mail:
mail: robayet@lawyer.com.