diff --git a/src/backends/neon/NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp b/src/backends/neon/NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp
index 237808c..56ee9a7 100644
--- a/src/backends/neon/NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/neon/NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@
 std::unique_ptr<armnn::IWorkload> NeonWorkloadFactory::CreateFullyConnected(
     const FullyConnectedQueueDescriptor& descriptor, const WorkloadInfo& info) const
 {
-    return MakeWorkloadHelper<NeonFullyConnectedWorkload, NeonFullyConnectedWorkload>(
-        descriptor, info, m_MemoryManager->GetIntraLayerManager());
+    return std::make_unique<NeonFullyConnectedWorkload>(descriptor, info, m_MemoryManager->GetIntraLayerManager());
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<IWorkload> NeonWorkloadFactory::CreateGather(const armnn::GatherQueueDescriptor& descriptor,
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/test/NeonCreateWorkloadTests.cpp b/src/backends/neon/test/NeonCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
index 447bad1..a89602d 100644
--- a/src/backends/neon/test/NeonCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/neon/test/NeonCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
@@ -325,8 +325,12 @@
     FullyConnectedQueueDescriptor queueDescriptor = workload->GetData();
     auto inputHandle  = PolymorphicDowncast<IAclTensorHandle*>(queueDescriptor.m_Inputs[0]);
     auto outputHandle = PolymorphicDowncast<IAclTensorHandle*>(queueDescriptor.m_Outputs[0]);
-    BOOST_TEST(TestNeonTensorHandleInfo(inputHandle, TensorInfo({3, 1, 4, 5}, DataType)));
-    BOOST_TEST(TestNeonTensorHandleInfo(outputHandle, TensorInfo({3, 7}, DataType)));
+
+    // Checks that outputs and inputs are as we expect them (see definition of CreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest).
+    float inputsQScale = DataType == armnn::DataType::QAsymmU8 ? 1.0f : 0.0;
+    float outputQScale = DataType == armnn::DataType::QAsymmU8 ? 2.0f : 0.0;
+    BOOST_TEST(TestNeonTensorHandleInfo(inputHandle, TensorInfo({3, 1, 4, 5}, DataType, inputsQScale)));
+    BOOST_TEST(TestNeonTensorHandleInfo(outputHandle, TensorInfo({3, 7}, DataType, outputQScale)));
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC
@@ -341,6 +345,16 @@
     NeonCreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest<NeonFullyConnectedWorkload, DataType::Float32>();
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateFullyConnectedQAsymmU8Workload)
+{
+    NeonCreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest<NeonFullyConnectedWorkload, DataType::QAsymmU8>();
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateFullyConnectedQAsymmS8Workload)
+{
+    NeonCreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest<NeonFullyConnectedWorkload, DataType::QAsymmS8>();
+}
+
 template <typename NormalizationWorkloadType, typename armnn::DataType DataType>
 static void NeonCreateNormalizationWorkloadTest(DataLayout dataLayout)
 {