One Come Recovery driver with autism Won more than £ 20,000 for payment Disability discrimination When he was dismissed to jokingly leaving his colleagues “on their head”.
Adrian Lloyd-Penny said during a phone call that he was going to drop “with them” from a third-storey Blogi Die Window “from the Night Manager Lyndon Tyler and Dispatcher Dave Bodison. autism “Flade up” on an alleged error made by the pair, A employment tribunal heard.
Mr. Lloyd-Penny, who worked at the Enfield Depot in North London and joined AA in March 2023, was later reported that he had failed to pass his probation after his comments were found “incredibly inappropriate” later that month.
He later sued his employer for disability discrimination, as his autism made it difficult to process the information, leading to the “meltdown” more likely.
The tribunal held at Watford ruled that “action” was appropriate for the employer to take “action”, he did not prove that there were less discriminatory measures that could be done to resolve issues.
The tribunal saw a transcript from a telephone call, in which he told a handler: “Aaah, I hope I never meet God that I was never meeting that manager or dispatcher gave me this job, because I would leave him from a third -storey bl ** die window, their pair on their heads.”
Mr. Lloyd-Peni apologized for the same change, the tribunal heard.
Mr. Tyler forwarded the transport for management from the call and said that Mr. Lloyd-Penny could recover on one call and “logical and unfair” on the other.
However, he and his disposator said they “committed no crime” and thought “he was clearly joking”, although Mr. Tyler said that “someone who was separate could have taken the call and was harassing me a lot”.
The same month, the driver was invited to a probation review meeting with his manager Michael Townsand, which dismissed him because “anyone should not be in the risk of shouting and taking oath”.
Asked if he remembers the incident where he had jokingly jokingly “leaving the top story window, Mr. Lloyd-Peni said that the pair had” flare “their autobiography, adding” their autobiopic “, adding” their autism “to their autism.
The tribunal retained the claims of disability discrimination of Shri Lloyd-Penny as he violated his duty to make proper adjustments to the employer, such as informing Mr. Lloyd-Penny about the possibility of a professional health referral.
Employment Judge Patrick Quill said he did not suggest that it would be appropriate to expect the call handlers to tell AA to “he had no option but to keep with any and all misuse”, but he rejected the argument that there were no more options available for the employer.
Other claims made by Mr. Lloyd-Peni were rejected.
The court assessed a financial loss at £ 8,138.28 with an interest of £ 1,113.05, as well as an additional injury to emotions worth £ 11,000 with an interest of £ 1,668.38.