We have a staff member with a long standing personal hygiene problems, he has been spoken to about it several times, both by the department head and myself as HR, it gets better for a while but then he slips back and it becomes worse again. He has been to the doctors and there is no medical reason for his symptoms, his departmental manager is really getting fed up as people from other departments continue to make (very unsubtle!) comments. I am going to sit down with him again in the hope this will shock him into action again but I am sure we will be in the same situation in a few months time, I’m thinking that if this does happen to commence formal disciplinary procedure (it really is that bad and affecting everyone else in the department) as essentially he is able to do something about it (as it does get better for a while) and it is affecting others- I’d welcome your thoughts on this awkward situation !!
Sally Reid