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Dependent name field character limit causing truncation of names

The current field for the dependents name (in HR | Employee | Dependents) is limited to 20 characters (in V14.15). Will this field be expanded? We have a few individuals whose names are longer than the current character limit, and we need to be reporting the correct full name to the benefit providers. Currently this is causing a name misspelling to be sent.

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• Apr 23 2018

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  Brenda Heisler commented

  February 11, 2019 23:38

  We have the same issue with length of name.  Also had an issue as noted below with an employee who had no middle name but was a Jr.  It printed out correctly on our 1095 Form but was not correct when submitted through Nelco.  I didn't catch it on the worksheet prior to submitting so had to submit a correction.

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  Tina McElrath commented

  February 05, 2019 16:39

  We have the same issue. In addition to the character length, we have troubles with our ACA submission because the dependent names are not split out by first, middle, last, suffix in the ACA file. As a result, if we have a name: John Doe Jr

  First: John

  Middle:

  Last: Doe

  Suffix: Jr

  They end up being reported in the ACA file with 

  First: John

  Middle: Doe

  Last: Jr

  Suffix: 

  We need to be able to specify what is populated for the first, middle, last and suffix for all dependents.

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