Six years after gas station attendant Grant DePatie was dragged to death in a gas and dash, his family is fighting to maintain the law his death inspired.

In 2005, DePatie, 24, tried to stop a man from wheeling away with $12 worth of gas he hadn't paid for.

Now convenience store owners are asking WorkSafe BC to change protections put in place for late-night convenience store workers, known as Grant's Law.

"Grant gave his life to try and stop that perpetrator," said Doug DePatie, Grant's dad. "Grant was hit 60 feet from the pumps and dragged seven kilometres and these employers can't put in a barrier? Who's next?"

Grant's Law requires people working overnight at gas stations and convenience stores to be paired with another worker or protected by some sort of barrier.

Employers are calling for a third option instead, using less-expensive panic buttons and better surveillance.

Wayne Hoskins, president of the Western Convenience Stores Association, says the barriers put in place slow down purchases and annoy customers.

"In some of the test stores, people were lined up, because of the time it took to have pass-through and everything scanned and so forth," he said. "People were getting quite irate waiting in line."

Hoskins says that some customers have waved at the cameras installed because of Grant's law, and stolen items outside the convenience store.

Grant's family doesn't accept those arguments. They defended the law to WorkSafe BC this week.

"The solution is simple, enforceable and many employers are already doing it," said Doug DePatie.

"So we're watering down the regulations to reward bad behaviour when we actually have a lot of employers that are actually doing the right thing today."

Jim Sinclair, president of the BC Federation of Labour agrees.

"Employers didn't squawk until they realized it was going to cost them some money and then they lined up for a year and a half to get them to water all these down," he said.

WorkSafe BC will take submissions until early June. It's expected to take them several months to come to a decision.