Protective Vests. 1. Individually fitted protective vests shall be issued to all employees working in any lock-up unit (such as, but not limited to, SHUs, Administrative Segregation Units, Tamarack, ▇▇▇▇, Inyo, ten bed lockdown at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, O & R Companies, Cambria Unit, and ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇). 2. As additional protective vests become available, they shall be offered to employees working in Level IV facilities first, then Level III, then Level II, then Level I. 3. Each employee issued a vest shall also be issued two (2) covers. No later than ninety (90) days after ratification of this Agreement, the State agrees to ensure there is adequate clean vest covers for each employee issued a protective vest. 4. Protective vests need not be issued to COs whose duties do not normally require inmate contact. 5. If an employee is issued a protective vest, the employee shall be required to wear the vest while on duty. Failure to wear the vest on duty under the prescribed conditions may result in adverse action against the employee. 6. As the present protective vests are replaced, the State shall replace them with individually fitted protective vests that are lighter and at least as flexible as the present protective vests, and which will meet all the present standards.
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Sources: Labor Contract, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement