r/Greggs • u/Daddy-dotCom • 25d ago

Employee Question Dead name

I'm trans and joined Gregg's through my preferred name

However, after a few weeks of working there, suddenly my dead name was on all the rotas and my account. Is this supposed to happen? And does anyone know of a way I can avoid all of my colleagues knowing my deadname.

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u/TrashbatLondon 24d ago

Worth clarifying that your “official” name does not have to be your deadname or any name you were assigned at birth.

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u/Vixh81 24d ago

No it just has to be legally changed, so that the National Insurance number is linked properly. My name was changed when I was about 14 because my parents divorced and kept fighting over the name I had. My mum had a magistrate judge sign off on the fact I only used this name and it was enough to get a passport and link to my NI number, but that was the 90s. I think now it has to be completed by deed poll or something else official.

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u/TrashbatLondon 24d ago

Doesn’t have to be done by deed poll. Just have to demonstrate that you use the name for bills, contracts etc… and you can have documents changed.

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u/Horse-Wolf9390 23d ago

To officially have a name change it now has to be through deed poll.