A person who has launched greater than 100 complaints of incapacity discrimination has been accused of creating a ‘profession’ out of employment tribunals.
Christian Mallon, 49, who has been out of full-time employment since 2019, has utilized for greater than 4,600 jobs in areas from London to Aberdeen, with employers together with Honda and the Nationwide Crime Company.
He tells corporations that his autism, consideration deficit hyperactivity dysfunction (ADHD) and dyspraxia imply he struggles to fill in on-line kinds, so he must make his utility by cellphone – and he requests interview questions upfront. In the event that they refuse or delay, he launches a incapacity discrimination declare, arguing that ‘cheap changes’ weren’t made for him – even when he had little hope of getting the job.
Typically Mr Mallon – who boasts of getting a PhD in chemical engineering and a Grasp of Enterprise Administration (MBA) qualification – has 20 claims on the go without delay. He seems to have been paid greater than £35,000 in out-of-court settlements, regardless of successful solely a single case, which earned him £2,700.
Employers have accused him of being a ‘vexatious’ serial litigant. Corporations spend days making ready for and attending hearings, costing them a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos.
Christian Mallon (pictured), who has launched greater than 100 complaints of incapacity discrimination, has been accused of creating a ‘profession’ out of employment tribunals
Mr Mallon (pictured), who lives in Cannock, Staffordshire, stated that he wished to work ‘however the issue is that folks do not make cheap changes’ for his disabilities
Final evening Mr Mallon, who shares a indifferent home along with his spouse and son in Cannock, Staffordshire, whereas renting out two flats in Scotland and a home in his native Northern Ireland, instructed the Each day Mail: ‘I do not need courtroom instances, I wish to work – however the issue is that folks do not make cheap changes. The final job I had paid £50,000 a 12 months, however now I’m not being given an opportunity. What else am I speculated to do?’
One of many 30 short-term jobs he really secured was a £65,000-a-year position at engineering agency AECOM in Birmingham. He was dismissed after 9 months due to ‘unsatisfactory’ efficiency, however utilized for an additional place there in 2018. This led to his solely profitable case, out of greater than 100.
Among the many 4,600 jobs that he has utilized for – in areas from London to Aberdeen – was one with the Nationwide Crime Company (File picture)
Employers have accused Mr Mallon of being a ‘vexatious’ serial litigant. Corporations spend days making ready for and attending hearings, costing them a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos
He claimed he was unable to create his personal password for the web utility as a result of he struggled to incorporate a ‘particular character’, resembling an exclamation mark.
The tribunal heard: ‘For him, this was a hectic and onerous requirement.’
AECOM stated it was pointless to assist him apply orally, as his spouse might have aided him in making a password, and identified that the agency beforehand discovered his work unsatisfactory.
Typically Mr Mallon – who boasts of getting a PhD in chemical engineering and a Grasp of Enterprise Administration (MBA) qualification – has 20 claims on the go without delay
One of many 30 short-term jobs Mr Mallon really secured was a £65,000-a-year position at engineering agency AECOM in Birmingham. He was dismissed after 9 months due to ‘unsatisfactory’ efficiency
East London Employment Decide Gardiner in 2022 dominated AECOM ought to have let him apply orally, and awarded him £2,000 for harm emotions plus £700 curiosity.
In the remainder of the 57 employment judgments accessible for Mr Mallon, his quests for compensation failed. The tribunals are sometimes over roles ‘the place he has no related expertise’.
He was referred to as out most severely over his declare in opposition to Electus Recruitment Options, ending in November 2023, and ordered to pay £18,000 in the direction of the agency’s prices.
Employment Decide Halliday instructed the Southampton tribunal that the ‘function of [Mr Mallon] making 4,643 job purposes’ was to create alternatives to hunt settlements or carry claims, including: ‘That is successfully now his chosen profession.’
