Can employer enforce to wear name badge which includes surname

lincroft1710

74jax wrote: »

I worked for a bank and used a fake last night on my badge .

What did you actually do on that night??

discat11

I worked in Rail revenue protection for a while and all staff could either have heir full name or a pseudonym (as long as it was sensible).
As long as the management knew who was whom it was fine.

I'm not at all sure an employer can force a full real name to be worn without the employees permission, and anyway IMHO it would end up with staff 'losing' badges on a frequent basis.

Diamandis

Change your name on social media.

74jax

lincroft1710 wrote: »

What did you actually do on that night??

Ha ha 🙈. Too much to say...

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TELLIT01

lincroft1710 wrote: »

When I was in the Civil Service everybody used both true forename (or initials) and surname whether on telephone, in correspondence or meeting face to face.

When I was in the Civil Service, contacting claimants by phone only, we never gave out our surname. All correspondence was in the name of the office manager.
I fully understand why people wouldn't want their surname available in the workplace, particularly women in a customer facing role. I think the idea of a false surname, known to management, would be a sensible compromise.

lincroft1710

TELLIT01 wrote: »

When I was in the Civil Service, contacting claimants by phone only, we never gave out our surname. All correspondence was in the name of the office manager.
I fully understand why people wouldn't want their surname available in the workplace, particularly women in a customer facing role. I think the idea of a false surname, known to management, would be a sensible compromise.

My department was considered low risk for physical attacks on personnel and of course this was before the mass usage of social media. We did have name badges which we were supposed to wear if we went to meet a member of the public who came to the office.

I would agree that for certain CS departments true or full name disclosure would not have been sensible, and probably it is no longer sensible for the majority of the workforce who are in contact with the general public

Mrs_Ryan

I work for the Civil Service and we’ve been told that we can ask to use a pseudonym surname. I fully intend to take advantage of this- I don’t mind giving out my first name as it’s not especially unusual but I have very good reason (and my employers are aware of what this reason is) why I don’t wish to give anyone my real last name. My social media is heavily locked down for the same reason.

Andy_L

lincroft1710 wrote: »

What did you actually do on that night??

A bank job

Andy_L

ScarletMarble wrote: »

My friend's employer, is planning to do so as currently just wear name badges with first names, Some are worried that customers could trace their details on social media etc

What has management said when you've raised these concerns?

Comms69

Do people realise you can have as many names - perfectly legally - as you want.