Female Firefighter Wins 'Bleep Test' Discrimination Case

Use of ‘beep test’ to measure firefighters’ fitness discriminates against women, tribunal finds

Standard physical ‘beep test’ described as ‘cheap and dirty’ way of assessing aerobic capacity

Female firefighter wins 'bleep test' discrimination case

The "beep test", a standard aerobic fitness test for prospective firefighters for the last 40 years, discriminates against women and advantages younger candidates, a tribunal has found, following a legal challenge by a prospective recruit.

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.

Woman wins €8,000 over age and gender discrimination in firefighter job ‘beep test’

A ‘beep test’ used by a number of organisations including An Garda Síochána to test the fitness of job applicants has been found to breach the Employment Equality Act 1998 by discriminating against people on grounds of both age and gender.

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 Council as a prospective employee seeking access to employment and discriminated against on the grounds of both age and gender

Cork City Council ordered to pay €8,000 for discriminatory firefighter 'beep' test

It follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator,  Úna Glazier-Farmer finding that the City Council discriminated against Terézia Foott on the grounds of gender and age when applying the beep test.