Effective September 30, 2020, the Postal Service™ will revise the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), sections 931 through 933, to reflect changes in standards governing Postal Service employees’ work clothes and uniforms. The text formatting in these sections will also be modified to more closely meet Postal Service manual publication standards and ELM style.
Although the Postal Service will not publish the following revisions in the ELM until September 30, 2020, the standards are effective immediately.
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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9 Labor Relations
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930 Work Clothes and Uniforms
931 Uniforms
931.1 Entitlement and Allowances
931.11 Entitlement
[Revise the text of 931.11 to read as follows:]
Certain employees must wear prescribed uniforms in performing their duties. These employees are entitled to the following:
a. A uniform allowance to purchase authorized uniform items, or
b. To be provided uniforms that meet Postal Service specifications.
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931.13 Types of Clothing
[Revise the text of 931.13 to read as follows:]
The following standards apply:
a. The Uniform Program consists of a number of types of clothing developed for various positions. The type of uniform depends on the following for the position:
(1) Level of visibility to the public.
(2) Type of work normally performed.
(3) Physical environment in which the employee normally works.
b. The types of uniforms include the following categories grouped by position:
(1) Type 1:
(a) City letter carriers.
(b) Clerk/special delivery messengers.
(c) Clerks performing city letter carrier duties.
(d) Motor vehicle operators.
(e) Tractor-trailer operators.
(f) New work PVS PSEs motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators.
(g) Driving instructors and examiners.
(h) Letterbox mechanics.
(i) Ramp clerks and transfer clerks.
(j) AMF performing ramp clerk duties.
(k) Area maintenance technicians/specialists.
(l) Maintenance mechanics working as letterbox mechanics (see 932.11h).
(m) Passenger elevator operators and elevator starters.
(2) Type 2: Employees assigned to retail operations.
(3) Type 3:
(a) Vehicle maintenance.
(b) Custodial maintenance.
(c) Mail handlers.
(d) BMEU.
(e) Clerical employees eligible under 932.12 and 932.13.
(4) Type 4: Security force police officers.
(5) Type 5: Bargaining unit and nonbargaining unit medical personnel.
(6) Type 6: Supervisors.
c. The criteria are different for each type of uniform. Also, the procedures necessary to establish or terminate an employee are different in each category. Installation heads must familiarize themselves with the criteria established for each type so that certifications are made under the correct program.
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932 Uniform Requirements
932.1 Employees Required to Wear Uniforms and Work Clothes
932.11 Regular Uniforms
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[Revise the text of item b. to read as follows:]
b. Motor vehicle operators, tractor-trailer operators, new work PVS PSEs motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators, or driving instructors and examiners, if they average 4 hours or more per day during the course of a year driving vehicles or holding themselves in readiness to drive them.
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933 Authorized Uniform Items and Combinations
933.1 Type 1 Uniforms
933.11 Type 1 Items
933.111 Type 1a
[Revise the introductory text of 933.111 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, new work PVS PSEs motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators, driving instructors and examiners, letterbox mechanics, ramp clerks and transfer clerks, AMF, area maintenance technicians/specialists, and maintenance mechanics working as letterbox mechanics (see 932.11i).
[Revise the following entries in the “Items for Men” table to read as follows:]
Items for Men
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Socks
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Calf-length, crew style, or quarter-length uniform blue-gray, black, or white with blue stripes. Compression socks: Authorized for and may be worn by motor vehicle operators, tractor-trailer operators, new work PVS PSEs motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators, driving instructors and examiners, letter box mechanics, ramp clerks, and transfer clerks, AMF, area maintenance technicians/specialists, and maintenance mechanics working as letterbox mechanics (see 932.11i).
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[Revise the following entries in the “Items for Women” table to read as follows:]
Items for Women
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Socks
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Calf-length, crew style, or quarter-length uniform blue-gray, black, or white with blue stripes. Compression socks: Authorized for and may be worn by motor vehicle operators, tractor-trailer operators, new work PVS PSEs motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators, driving instructors and examiners, letter box mechanics, ramp clerks, and transfer clerks, AMF, area maintenance technicians/specialists, and maintenance mechanics working as letterbox mechanics (see 932.11i).
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933.2 Type 2 Uniforms
933.21 Type 2 Items
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Items for Men
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[Revise the following entry under “Items for Men” to read as follows:]
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Items for Women
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[Revise the following entry under “Items for Women” to read as follows:]
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933.3 Type 3 Uniform Items
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Items for Men and Women
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[Revise the following entries under “Items for Men and Women” to read as follows:]
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[Add the following entry under “Items for Men and Women” to read as follows:]
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online ELM, which is available on the PolicyNet website:
n Go to blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column, click Essential Links, and then click PolicyNet.
n Go to the right-hand side under “Published Forms and Directives.”
n Click Manuals.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— Labor Relations Systems,
Labor Relations, 7-30-20
