Article 26 Uniform and Work Clothes
Article 26 Uniform and Work Clothes[edit]
Section 26.1 Uniform and Work Clothes Administration[edit]
All employees who are required to wear uniforms or work clothes shall be furnished uniforms or work clothes or shall be reimbursed for purchases of authorized items from duly licensed vendors. The current administration of the Uniform and Work Clothes Program shall be continued unless otherwise changed by this Agreement or the Employer.
Section 26.2 Contract Program Administration[edit]
Employees who are currently furnished uniforms pursuant to the contract program shall continue to be so entitled. Such uniforms shall be issued in a timely manner. The allowance to Mail Handlers under this program shall be as follows:
- $ 188 effective May 21, 2020
- $ 192 effective May 21, 2021
- $ 197 effective May 21, 2022
Each increase shall become effective on the employee's anniversary date following the effective date of change.
Section 26.3 Annual Allowance[edit]
The current Work Clothes Program will be continued for those full-time employees who have been determined to be eligible for such clothing based on the nature of work performed on a full-time basis in pouching and dispatching units, parcel post sorting units, platform (dock) operations, bulk mail sacking operations, and ordinary paper sacking units. The Employer will provide eligible employees with an annual allowance to obtain authorized work clothes on a reimbursable basis from licensed vendors as follows:
- $ 95 effective May 21, 2020
- $ 98 effective May 21, 2021
- $ 100 effective May 21, 2022
Each increase shall become effective on the employee's anniversary date following the effective date of change.