jobs whereas women are stuck in low-skilled jobs due to their relatively low level of education and training.56 By one estimate, it employs 12% of women aged 15 to 30 in the country. In November 2013 government has raised 77% rise in the minimum wage following Rana Plaza tragedy but the workers especially the female ones are yet to materialize their due dreams of decent work, security and safety. 57 In 1979 there were only 9 factories and in 1983, there were about 50 garment factories in the country but now more than 5,000 export oriented industries. The most tedious condition of work in the garment factories is the long working hours. On an average, a garment worker has to work for more than 12 hours a day. Mandatory overtime and less payment for overtime work is another issue which needs attention. Workers have to work for both day and night flouting the law. There is no job security and they do not get any maternity leave although according to the law they deserve it.58 Though section 384 of the Labour Act reveals that employer should train workers as to the provisions of labour law so that they have some understanding of their legal entitlements, there is no penalty provision for employers if they fail to arrange such training program. The Labour Act should be amended further and penalty provisions should be included. Furthermore, this Act should include appropriate penalty provisions for wage discrimination between male and female workers. Provision as to overtime matter must be effective. Trade Union 56 The DiA Blog, Awareness, Experience and Engagement, The Garment Industry in Bangladesh from Women’s Perspective, December 11, 2011, see link < http://developmentinaction.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/the-garmentindustry-in-bangladesh-from-a-womans-perspective/> accessed on June 3, 2014. 57 The Amin, Syeda, Responding to Rana Plaza: a made-in- Bangladesh boycott won’t girls, The Guardian, April 30, 2014. 58 Mridula, Shakila Matin and Khan, Khosnur Afrin, Working Conditions and Reproductive Health Status of Female Garments Workers in Bangladesh, 2009, see link < http://www.amrc.org.hk/system/files/Final%20Garments%20Study%20Report.pdf > accessed on June 3, 2014.