{"id":723,"date":"2025-08-19T20:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbspay.com\/news\/?p=723"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:29:29","slug":"what-do-we-need-to-do-when-an-employee-changes-their-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbspay.com\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/what-do-we-need-to-do-when-an-employee-changes-their-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do We Need to Do When an Employee Changes Their Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Obtain a copy of the employee\u2019s updated Social Security card to upload into the employee\u2019s isolved documents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact PBS to update the employee\u2019s name in isolved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PBS will update the employee\u2019s benefits (if applicable).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the change is related to marriage or other qualifying events, the employee may want to update their federal and state tax withholding, and benefit elections (if within 30 days of a qualifying life event).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If driving is on the employee\u2019s job duties, request an updated version of the driver\u2019s license for your records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update company phone lists, email accounts, business cards, employee badges, uniforms, name plates, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work with the employee to determine how best to communicate the name change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-learn-how-pbs-can-help-you-transition-with-this-change-at-www-pbspay-com\">Learn how PBS can help you transition with this change at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbspay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">www.pbspay.com<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how PBS can help you transition with this change at www.pbspay.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pbs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Do We Need to Do When an Employee Changes Their Name? 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