Cork City Council ordered to pay €8k to female firefighter applicant over discriminatory 'beep' test
The Workplace Relations Commission Adjudicator found the 43-year-old job applicant was treated less favourably by Cork City ...
The “beep test” – a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters for the last 40 years – discriminates against women and advantages younger candidates, a tribunal has found, ...
Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to a woman whose application for a firefighting job was unsuccessful due to a discriminatory ‘one size fits all’ beep fitness test for ...
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Beep test deemed discriminatory against women and on age grounds
Cork City Council was found to have discriminated on the grounds of gender and age when applying the beep test for applicants for a firefighter role.
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