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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Workplace rights and relations

How often Workplace rights and relations comes up on the Business Studies papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Workplace rights and relations, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Workplace rights and relations.

(a)Which of these is a right of an employee?
  1. To set their own rate of pay
  2. A safe place to work
  3. To take any day off without notice
(b)Which of these is a responsibility of an employee?
  1. To prepare the safety statement
  2. To pay the wages of other staff
  3. To follow health and safety rules
(c)What is a trade union?
  1. An organisation that represents workers
  2. A State body that sets income tax rates
  3. A group of companies that agree prices
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(a) A safe place to work

(b) To follow health and safety rules

(c) An organisation that represents workers

Your turn: Common Level questions on Workplace rights and relations.

Common Level

Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q18b
2025Q7
2024Q8
2023Q16a
2022Q16a, Q18b
2019Q18a

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Workplace rights and relations questions

Workplace rights and relations, 3 marks

A firm refuses to hire someone because of their age. Which right is being broken?

  1. The right to paid holidays
  2. The right to join a union
  3. Freedom from discrimination
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Freedom from discrimination

Equality law bans discrimination on nine grounds, including age, gender, race, disability, religion and membership of the Traveller community.

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