UEC brings the following needs to the attention of the BNL management

• Strengthening efforts at providing a variety of food options for employees and guests:
  • Reasonable food options should be available both at lunch and outside of nominal working hours.
  • The lab should provide clear and regularly updated information on what food options are currently available.
  • Efforts should be made so that the food options include foods that support a healthy lifestyle (low-sugar, whole foods, balanced diet) as well as options for people with common food allergies and dietary restrictions.
• Providing reliable and effective transportation options for lab guests and employees that do not drive a car:
  • Clear and updated information about the available options should be provided.
  • The options should be extended and advertised to the greater lab community, not only guests and short-term employees.
• Establishing a supportive work environment for people with dependents and/or members of sexual minorities:
  • A larger number of lactation rooms should be available.
  • Lactation room policies should be more friendly, for instance not threatening to throw out milk at 5:00 PM, allowing people to store equipment in the room, and considering the language of the permission form.
  • More bathrooms should be designated as gender-neutral.
• Establishing expectations for events hosted at BNL to reflect the gender and minority statistics of the field:
  • The lab should ask organizers of events hosted at BNL to declare what efforts they will undertake to invite and attract the underrepresented members of the community.
  • Each event hosted at BNL should have a code of conduct and one or more persons to contact in case violations of the code of conduct occur.
• Advocating with the DOE for accommodating (while following federal policies) the need of transgender members of our community to not use their dead names on their badges / not be outed by their badges.