Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

33020.5 Uniform Allowance

• The regulations of the Department of General Services and current MOUs provide for uniform replacement allowances for various classes.

• The allowance amounts and other regulations vary depending on whether the uniform is worn on a full-time or less-than-full-time basis. In order to qualify for uniform replacement allowances, employees shall:

  • Be employed in one of the following classifications:

    • Correctional Officer.

    • Correctional Sergeant.

    • Correctional Lieutenant.

    • Correctional Captain.

    • Correctional Institution Fire Captain.

    • Correctional Facility Fire Chief.

    • Registered Nurse, Correctional Facility.

    • Dental Assistant, Correctional Facility.

    • Baker I, Correctional Facility.

    • Baker II, Correctional Facility.

    • Butcher/Meat Cutter II, Correctional Facility.

    • Cooks, Correctional Facility.

    • Supervising Cook I, Correctional Facility.

    • Supervising Cook II, Correctional Facility.

    • Vocational Instructors (I and baking).

    • Parole Agent I

    • Parole Agent II (Specialist)

    • Parole Agent II (Supervisor)

    • Parole Agent III

    • Parole Administrator

    • Chief Deputy Regional Administrator or Chief Deputy Administrator

    • Assistant Deputy Director

    • Deputy Director

  • Be enrolled in a formalized training and development assignment at an institution performing the duties of one of the above-named classes and requiring a uniform be maintained.

  • Complete one calendar year of service in a class and assignment as described above. Qualifying periods before and after non-qualifying periods shall be added together to compute a calendar year of service and to establish a new qualifying anniversary date. Non-qualifying periods include long-term temporary absences (one or more full pay periods), such as leave of absences, temporary disability, or nonindustrial disability leave.

  • Rank and file uniformed probationary custodial employees shall receive a uniform allowance in accordance with the provisions contained in the collective bargaining agreement.