Dealing with Sensitive Issues: Body Odour
8 minutes
Short film
All industries
This short film looks at how to address the sensitive issue of bad body odour in the workplace.
Description
Tackling the issue of a person's bad body odour can be particularly daunting, but if left unaddressed it can cause serious damage to working relations. Combining drama, role-play scenarios and contributions from HR and legal experts, in this short film workplace mediator and psychotherapist Barry Winbolt looks at why bad body odour is such a daunting subject to deal with and demonstrates techniques for addressing the problem sensitively and effectively.
Features
- Why bad body odour can cause problems in the workplace
- The reasons we can find it hard to tackle
- How to broach the subject of bad body odour and address it effectively
- Legal considerations for employers when tackling staff with body odour and personal hygiene problems