The Readymade Garment (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh has very significant contributions to the country’s economic development in terms of foreign earnings, employment opportunities, women empowerment and bringing social change. Bangladesh is the second-largest apparel manufacturer and exporter after China. But unfortunately, over the past decade, the RMG sector of Bangladesh has witnessed a number of industrial accidents that claimed the lives of hundreds of workers. Occupational Safety and Health has become the burning issue especially after the Rana Plaza catastrophe and fire accidents in Tazreen Fashions. These disasters received global attention and have brought the perennial challenge of worker safety into the spotlight once again. In Bangladesh, there are about 4500 ready-made garment factories and more than 4.2 million people depend on this sector for their livelihood. Chattogram is the port city of Bangladesh where more than 1200 factories are situated. This paper endeavours to analyze the laws regarding Occupational Safety and Health and to investigate the status of compliance of the laws in the garment factories of Chattogram. The study will then come up with some policy options for effective implementation of the laws in the practical field. It is hoped that this study will be highly beneficial to the garments workers if the recommendations are observed and materialized in due course.
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To Cite this Article: Akter, N., & Thanaraju, P. (2022). Compliance of Occupational Safety and Health Laws in the Ready-Made Garment Factories of Chattogram: A Critical Study through Work from Home. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(11), 472– 488.
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