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Department Circular 2001-01-001

The following guidelines on the wearing of office uniforms by the employees
of the Department of Energy are hereby issued:

All employees of the Department of Energy are required to wear their uniforms from
Mondays to Thursdays.

For male employees, the wearing of uniforms is hereby scheduled as follows:

Monday - Every 1st Monday of the month, Beige long-sleeved ramie
linen barong and brown wool pants. Every 2" to 4™ Mondays of the
month, White short-sleeved ramie linen barong and brown wool pants

Tuesday - Light blue short-sleeved ramie linen barong and bluish gray
wool pants with small checkered design

Wednesday - Light blue long-sleeved cotton pinstriped polo shirt and
textured gray wool pants

Thursday - Light gray long-sleeved polo shirt and charcoal gray wool
pants

For female employees, the wearing of uniforms is hereby scheduled as follows:

Monday - Khaki short-sleeved blouse , Chocolate Brown skirt and
Blazer

Tuesday - Lilac Short-sleeved Blouse, Lavender Pants/Skirt and Gray
Blazer

Wednesday - Light Gray Short-sleeved Blouse, Light Gray Pants/Skirt
and Gray Blazer

Thursday - Light Earth Green Short-sleeved Blouse, Midnight Blue
Pants/Skirt and Blazer

Friday - For both male/female employees, wearing of uniforms is
not required but observance of the Dress Code prescribed in DOE
Memorandum dated 20 August 1997 and Civil Service Commission
(CSC) Memorandum Circular (MC) Nos. 14 and 25, series of 1991,
shall be strictly observed. Jeans or "maong pants" as well as walking
shorts, pedal pushers, leggings, tights, jogging pants are prohibited.
The wearing of slippers, sandals, bakya, etc. is not allowed.

The following are exempted from wearing of office uniforms:

a. Those on field work whether within or outside Metro Manila
b. Those on official business outside the office
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c. Pregnant women

Those personnel who are engaged in work which entails the soiling or dirtying of
clothes (i.e. mechanics, maintenance personnel and

laboratory aides) are allowed to change their uniforms to a more comfortable or
appropriate outfit during the performance of said tasks.

Female laboratory personnel are allowed to wear equivalent pants of the prescribed
Monday skirt to ensure protection required in laboratory works in addition to the
wearing of laboratory gowns and proper footwears.

Violation, Enforcement and Penalties
The following shall constitute an offense:

The non-wearing of proper office uniforms whether partial or complete for two (2)
times in a month for three (3) months in a semester or for three (3) consecutive
months in a year shall constitute an offense.

For the effective implementation of these guidelines, the following monitoring
procedure shall be adopted:

a. If upon arrival at the office (meaning the main/annex lobby
entrances) the employee is found not wearing the proper office
uniform on the above specified days, the guard on duty shall
take down and list the names of the employees on the form of
the Report of Employees not wearing Proper Office Uniform
(copy attached) and shall immediately submit them to HRD.

b. HRD shall in turn immediately forward the form to the
concerned Bureau/Service Director/Division Chief/Head of Unit
for concurrence.

c. After taking action on the form, the Bureau/Service
Director/Division Chief/Head of Unit shall return the form to
HRD. Failure to return the form to HRD within two days from
receipt thereof will mean concurrence of the concerned official.

d. HRD shall keep a separate record of the number of times an
employee failed to wear the proper office uniform and submit
these reports to the Legal Affairs Division for appropriate
action.

Penalties. The non-wearing of proper office uniform shall mean violation of
reasonable office rules and regulations shall have the same schedule of penalties as
follows:

1°* offense - Written reprimand
2" offense - Suspension for one (1) to thirty (30) days
3'¢ offense - Dismissal

Resolution of Issues. In the event questions or issues are raised in connection with
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the wearing of uniforms, said matters shall be resolved by the Uniform Committee
whose decision is recommendatory to higher management.

Effectivity. These guidelines shall take effect on February 01, 2001.