Legal Question in Business Law in Georgia

Re: Employee's Name

You provide no information on how the name would be used by your employer, or how that use would "invite" identity theft. Many people share a name with someone else. Would your "new" name just go on an ID badge, or would it be used on everything from tax forms to retirement accounts, and everything else? We don't know. As for why you should go along with the plan, the answer is to keep the employer happy and keep your job whether or not you agree with this or any other request. It is safe to assume that many reasonable people would decline such a request if it involved such things as incorrect tax forms, retirement accounts, and/or unemployment compensation reporting, even if it meant looking for employment elsewhere.

Re: Employee's Name

Actually, your correct legal name is FirstName, MiddleInitial, LastName. Your employer (along with the IRS, any HMO, etc.) can compel you to state your name in that form.

Stating it in that form will solve both your problem and the employer's problem, so that is the appropriate compromise.

I can sympathise, since I suffer from the same problem.