Woman turned down for a firefighter job awarded €8k over age and gender discrimination

WRC found Cork City Council's use of the ‘one-size-fits-all’ beep fitness test gives younger candidates an advantage

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 applicants.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Úna Glazier-Farmer found the council discriminated against Terézia Foott on the grounds of gender and age when applying the beep test for applicants for the full-time firefighter role.

Ms Glazier Farmer found the beep test, without the application of a normative table that considers age and gender in determining the final score, was both directly discriminatory towards Ms Foott and indirectly discriminatory against women, while giving younger candidates a distinct advantage.

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