ELM Revision: Work Clothes and Uniforms

Effective immediately, 933.111 and 933.12 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) are revised to add the sun hat to type 1a uniforms. In addition, 933.111 is revised to correct a reference: 932.11h should be 932.11i.

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 Uniforms Items and Combinations

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933.1 Type 1 Uniforms 933.11 Type 1 Items 933.111 Type 1a

[Revise first paragraph to read as follows:]

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).

 

Items for Men

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[Revise “Headgear” to read as follows:]

Headgear

Service cap, postal navy blue; baseball cap, summer or winter style, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; sun visor, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; sun hat, postal navy blue with vertical corporate emblem, crown eyelets, and adjustable chinstrap; sun helmet, white with blue band; winter fur trooper cap, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; knit watch cap, with convertible face mask, postal navy blue with vertical corporate emblem

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Items for Women

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[Revise “Headgear” to read as follows:]

Headgear

Service cap, postal navy blue; WAVE-style hat, postal navy blue with vertical corporate emblem; baseball cap, summer or winter style, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; sun visor, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; sun hat, postal navy blue with vertical corporate emblem, crown eyelets, and adjustable chinstrap; sun helmet, white with blue band; winter fur trooper cap, postal blue with vertical corporate emblem; knit watch cap, with convertible face mask, postal navy blue with vertical corporate emblem

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933.12 Type 1 Combinations

 

Male Combinations

Cold Weather

Warm Weather

Option No. 1

Option No. 2

Option No. 3

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Optional Items

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[Revise “Headgear” to read as follows:]

Headgear: winter service cap, fur trooper cap, baseball cap, parka-style hood, knit cap with convertible face mask, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, baseball cap, helmet, sun hat, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, baseball cap, helmet, sun hat, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, baseball cap, helmet, sun hat, or visor

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Female Combinations

Cold Weather

Warm Weather

Option No. 1

Option No. 2

Option No. 3

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Optional Items

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[Revise “Headgear” to read as follows:]

Headgear: winter service cap, WAVE-style hat, baseball cap, parka-style hood, knit cap with convertible face mask, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, helmet, baseball cap, WAVE-style hat, sun hat, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, helmet, baseball cap, WAVE-style hat, sun hat, or visor

Headgear: summer service cap, helmet, baseball cap, WAVE-style hat, sun hat, or visor

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and into the next online updates, avail­able on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet Web site:

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

The ELM is also available on the Postal Service Internet: