ELM Revision: Authorized Uniform Items and Combinations

Effective immediately, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) section 933, is revised to add the following:

n Shirt fabric (solid postal blue) to the Type 1 and Type 2 uniform.

n Battle Dress Utility Uniform (postal security dark blue) to the Type 4 uniform.

n Trousers (medical style, white or optional colored) to the Type 5 uniform for men.

n Pants (medical style, white or optional colored) to the Type 5 uniform for women.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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9 Labor Relations

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930 Work Clothes and Uniforms

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933 Authorized Uniform Items and Combinations

933.1 Type 1 Uniforms

933.11 Type 1 Items

933.111 Type 1a

Type 1a uniforms are worn by city letter carriers, clerk/spe­cial delivery messengers, clerks performing city letter car­rier duties, motor vehicle operators, tractor-trailer operators, driving instructors and examiners, letterbox mechanics, ramp clerks and transfer clerks, AMF, area maintenance technician/specialists, and maintenance mechanics working as letterbox mechanics (see 932.11i).

[Revise Items for Men as follows:]

 

Items for Men
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Shirt	Long- or short-sleeve, dress-style woven, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
Shirtjac	Warm weather, finished bottom, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
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[Revise Items for Women as follows:]

 

Items for Women
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Shirt	Long- or short-sleeve, dress-style woven, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
Shirtjac	Warm weather, finished bottom, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
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933.112 Type 1b

Type 1b uniforms are worn by passenger elevator opera­tors and elevator starters.

[Revise Items for Men as follows:]

 

Items for Men
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Shirt	Long- or short-sleeve, dress-style woven, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
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[Revise Items for Women as follows:]

 

Items for Women
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Shirt	Long- or short-sleeve, dress-style woven, solid postal blue or postal blue with red and blue pinstripes and vertical corporate emblem
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933.2 Type 2 Uniforms

933.21 Type 2 Items

Type 2 uniforms are worn by employees assigned to retail operations.

[Revise Items for Men as follows:]

 

Items for Men
Shirt	Long- or short-sleeve, dress style. Solid blue or blue-gray stripe, button-down collar. Reinforced name badge eyelets on right side.
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[Revise Items for Women as follows:]

 

Items for Women
Blouse	Long- or short-sleeve, dress style. Solid blue or blue-gray stripe, hidden placket button-down blouse with sports collar. Reinforced name badge eyelets on right side. Also available in maternity style.
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933.4 Type 4 Uniform Items

Type 4 uniforms are worn by security force police officers.

[Revise Items for Men as follows:]

 

Items for Men
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[Add the following after “Shoes”:]
Battle Dress Utility Uniform	Postal security dark blue
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[Revise Items for Women as follows:]

 

Items for Women
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[Add the following after “Shoes”:]
Battle Dress Utility Uniform	Postal security dark blue
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933.5 Type 5 Uniform Items

933.51 Type 5a

Type 5a uniforms are worn by bargaining unit medical per­sonnel.

[Revise Items for Men as follows:]

 

Items for Men
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Trousers	Medical style, white or optional colored
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[Revise Items for Women as follows:]

 

Items for Women
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Pants	Medical style, white or optional colored
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and into the online update available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:

n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click References.

n On the PolicyNet page, click Manuals.

The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.

— Labor Relations Systems,
Labor Relations, 10-7-10