Reskill Launches "Smell Harassment Prevention Training" to Combat Turnover Risk and Productivity Decline Caused by Odors. Acquire Consideration for Others and Workplace Etiquette: Employee Training by Reskill

Reskill Inc. has released "Smell Harassment Prevention Training" to solve the problem of odors in the workplace. This training aims to help participants understand the definition of "smell harassment," which unintentionally causes discomfort to those around them, and acquire the consideration necessary to avoid becoming an unwitting perpetrator.
It aims to raise awareness of the impact of odors on organizational productivity and mental health, and implement self-checks and specific preventive actions. The training is for all employees and supports the creation of a comfortable working environment for everyone.

## Smell Harassment Prevention Training [To Avoid Becoming an Unwitting Perpetrator] - Employee Training by Reskill

### Smell Harassment as a Social Issue

In recent years, as the importance of harassment countermeasures in the workplace has increased, "smell harassment" (sumehara) caused by body odor, bad breath, perfume, tobacco, and other odors has attracted attention. The issue of odors is extremely delicate, and it is difficult to directly point it out to individuals.

### Risks in Organizational Management

Discomfort caused by odors is not merely a matter of personal preference. It is a critical issue directly linked to a decline in employee productivity, worsening mental health, and an increased risk of turnover. Organizations are required to promote common manners and rules to prevent unwitting harassment.

### Overview of Smell Harassment Prevention Training

This training provides skills to correctly understand the impact of smell harassment on those around them and to create a comfortable workplace environment through consideration for others.

### Training Title

Smell Harassment Prevention Training

### Target Audience

All employees, including new hires, young employees, mid-career employees, and managers.

### Skills and Objectives Acquired

- Understanding the definition of smell harassment and its adverse effects on the productivity and health of those around them.
- Acquiring a perspective to objectively review one's own grooming.
- Implementing specific preventive actions such as deodorant measures.
- Acquiring appropriate communication methods and follow-up techniques with consideration for others.

### Features of This Training

#### Strengthening Recognition as an Organizational Issue

Understanding odor problems not as individual preferences but as management issues related to organizational mental health and turnover.

#### Grasping the Current Situation through Self-Checks

Utilizing checklists to objectively confirm one's own actions and acquire the habit of noticing the possibility of unwitting harassment.

#### Practical Communication

Specifically acquiring techniques to convey difficult-to-point-out odor problems without causing offense and methods for subsequent follow-up.

## Smell Harassment Prevention Training [To Avoid Becoming an Unwitting Perpetrator] - Employee Training by Reskill

### Excerpt from the Training Curriculum

#### Thinking of Smell Harassment as "My Own Issue"

- Definition of smell harassment and background attracting attention.
- Impact on productivity and mental health.
- Structure of unwitting harassment.
- Differences in how odors are perceived.
- [WORK] Self-check.

#### Appropriate Response and Prevention in the Workplace

- Rules regarding scents in the workplace.
- Preventive actions individuals can take (e.g., deodorant measures).
- Examples of desirable and undesirable ways to convey information.
- [CASE STUDY] Is this smell harassment?

### About Reskill Inc.

Reskill Inc. provides business training, including harassment training. Reskill, where business training fees are uniform, adopts a clear pricing structure to create an environment where training can be easily implemented.

A uniform fee system based on training time and number of participants makes it easy to plan budgets in advance. Comprehensive support system: Instructors have rich experience and provide practical and high-quality training. In addition, full support for training preparation, such as mailing teaching materials and equipment, is provided, making it possible to conduct effective training while reducing the workload of the person in charge.

*The contents of this press release are as of April 2026.