Social SciencesFreePrintable

Workplace Rights Basics

A free social sciences worksheet ready for your classroom. Open in Kuraplan to grab the print-ready PDF, customize it for your students, or generate a fresh version in seconds.

Workplace Rights Basics worksheet preview

Workplace Rights Basics

Part 1: Key words

WALT: identify an employer, employee, right and responsibility.

Success criteria: I can match the key words to their meanings and give examples of rights and responsibilities.

Match each key word to its meaning.

A. Employer
B. Employee
C. Right
D. Responsibility
Something a person should be able to expect at work.
The person or organisation offering and managing the work.
A task or action a person is expected to do.
The person doing work for agreed payment or another agreed arrangement.

Write one example of a right and one example of a responsibility.

Part 2: Illustrated card sort

Place each illustrated card in the correct column. Record the card name or draw a quick symbol.

Employer
________________
________________
________________
Employee
________________
________________
________________
Right
________________
________________
________________
Responsibility
________________
________________
________________

Useful card ideas: safe equipment, agreed pay, rest break, arriving on time, following safety instructions, respect and telling a supervisor about a hazard.

Part 3: Workplace situations

3. Maia is 15 and starts work in a café. The café manager explains the tasks, when Maia will be paid and how to use the equipment safely.

Who is the employer? Who is the employee? Write one right and one responsibility.

4. Leo is 15 and babysits for a family. The family agrees what Leo will do and how much they will pay. Leo arrives on time and treats the children respectfully.

Identify one right and one responsibility. What would a fair response be if Leo was asked to do something unsafe?

5. Finish the sentence: A fair workplace is one where ____.

Oral response or teacher scribing notes: You may answer by speaking, pointing, drawing or using speech-to-text.

Optional challenge: Explain one responsibility shared by the worker and employer. Begin: “Both are responsible for ____ because ____.”

About This Worksheet

Free in Kuraplan

Sign up free, grab the PDF, and customize it for your class.

Print-Ready

Formatted for standard paper. Clean layout, easy to read.

AI-Generated

Created with Kuraplan's AI, designed for real classroom use.

For Teachers & Parents

Use in classrooms, for homework, tutoring, or homeschool.

Need a custom version of this worksheet?

Kuraplan's AI generates custom worksheets in seconds — differentiated for every learner, aligned to your curriculum.

Generate Custom Worksheets — Free
No credit card Curriculum-aligned Under 60 seconds