Mr H Stedman v Parkdean Resorts UK Limited — 2025

The claimant, an entertainer who had applied for roles with the respondent, said he had ADHD and autism and complained that he was removed from the 2024 talent pool and barred from applying for future roles for 12 months. The tribunal recorded that it was considering only direct disability discrimination and victimisation, not a failure to make reasonable adjustments or discrimination arising from disability.

The tribunal considered disability under the Equality Act 2010, direct discrimination, victimisation, and the burden of proof. It found by majority that the respondent's reason for removing the claimant from the 2024 talent pool and for the 12-month ban was his unreliability and excessive email correspondence, not disability and not the claimant's 28 March 2024 email requesting reasonable adjustments.

A minority of members considered that the respondent had not explained the extension to a 12-month ban, but the majority, including the Employment Judge, did not agree. The tribunal dismissed both the disability discrimination and victimisation complaints as not well founded.