Updating legal or preferred names in Workday

Employees are able to change their legal and preferred names directly in Workday.

• Legal Name changes require supporting documentation and must be approved by an HR Partner.
• Preferred Name changes do not require any documentation or approvals.

Prior to submitting a legal or preferred name change, employees should refer to the guidelines for names found on the Office of the CIO website. This is important because some UBC systems are currently not able to support special characters. UBC is continuing to explore ways to make all systems more inclusive.

See Change My Legal of Preferred Name in the Workday Knowledge Base for details.