Overview

• Watford Employment Tribunal awarded Adrian Lloyd-Penny £24,111, including £11,000 for injury to feelings and interest.
• Managers dismissed him during probation after he joked on a call about dropping two colleagues from a third-storey window.
• Both colleagues said they took no offence and that he was clearly joking, and he apologised on the same shift.
• The tribunal said the AA focused on a forecast of future risk linked to his autism rather than considering proportionate alternatives or reasonable adjustments.
• AA managers called the remarks incredibly inappropriate and cited a duty to protect staff, while other claims by Lloyd-Penny were dismissed and no appeal has been reported.