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, ...

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Cork Fire Brigade to pay €4,000 for gender discrimination and a further €4,000 for age discrimination to Terézia Foott The "beep test", a standard aerobic ...

CORK CITY COUNCIL has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to an unsuccessful female 43-year old firefighter job applicant due to a discriminatory ‘one size fits all’ beep fitness tests for ...

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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Lansdowne House, the offices of the Workplace Relations Commission in Ballsbridge, Dublin.(Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin) Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to ...

The fitness test to enter the Gardai was made significantly easier last year - but the bleep test still remains part of it. (stock images) (Image: gettyimages.ie) An ex-Garda sergeant has slammed a ...

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