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flag Cork City Council to pay €8,000 after beep test ruled discriminatory against woman on gender and age grounds.

flag Cork City Council must pay €8,000 in compensation to Terézia Foott after the Workplace Relations Commission ruled its use of a standardized beep test in firefighter recruitment discriminated against her on gender and age grounds. flag The test, applied without age- or gender-adjusted standards, was found to unfairly disadvantage women and older applicants, despite the council’s claim that uniform fitness standards ensure operational safety. flag The Adjudicator concluded the "one size fits all" approach lacked fairness, particularly given no normative tables accounted for demographic differences. flag Foott, a 43-year-old part-time firefighter, passed all test components except the aerobic portion and remains eligible to reapply for future positions.

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