Deal with an employee who has a personal hygiene issue
Key points
Dealing with an employee who has a personal hygiene issue can be difficult.
Rather than avoiding confronting the issue, the employer should aim to raise it with the employee in a sensitive and confidential way and attempt to improve the situation for both the employee and their colleagues.
Employers should consider providing training for line managers on how to carry out difficult conversations with employees to address issues such as personal hygiene.
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