Residents of Los Alamos and neighboring communities may have noticed an increase in early morning traffic as the new schedule went into effect on Monday. Many of the Laboratory's UC employees who are following the 9/80 schedule are arriving at work before 8 a.m.
Deputy Laboratory Director for Business Administration and Outreach, Joe Salgado, said, "The new 9/80 schedule is part of our effort to continue to improve the quality of work life here at the Lab. We had extensive feedback from employees saying that they wanted to have this option, and we're glad that it's become a reality."
Although the 9/80 is the new standard Lab schedule, some employees are continuing to work eight-hour days, for reasons such as child care arrangements or programmatic requirements. Currently, the new 9/80 schedule applies only to full-time UC employees, but it will eventually apply to Laboratory contractors in the next several months.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Washington Group International for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.