diff --git a/src/modules/timesheets/dtos/timesheet-period.dto.ts b/src/modules/timesheets/dtos/timesheet-period.dto.ts
index cfd0194..6da4551 100644
--- a/src/modules/timesheets/dtos/timesheet-period.dto.ts
+++ b/src/modules/timesheets/dtos/timesheet-period.dto.ts
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ export class WeekDto {
 export class TimesheetPeriodDto {
     week1: WeekDto;
     week2: WeekDto;
+    employee_full_name: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/timesheets/services/timesheets-query.service.ts b/src/modules/timesheets/services/timesheets-query.service.ts
index f4517e2..67ed8e2 100644
--- a/src/modules/timesheets/services/timesheets-query.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/timesheets/services/timesheets-query.service.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,22 @@ export class TimesheetsQueryService {
         //finds the employee
         const employee = await this.prisma.employees.findFirst({
             where:  { user: { is: { email } } },
-            select: { id: true },
+            select: { 
+                id: true,
+                user_id: true, 
+            },
         });
         if(!employee) throw new NotFoundException(`no employee with email ${email} found`);
+        
+        //gets the employee's full name
+        const user = await this.prisma.users.findFirst({
+            where: { id: employee.user_id },
+            select: {
+                first_name: true,
+                last_name: true,
+            }
+        });
+        const employee_full_name: string = ( user?.first_name + " " + user?.last_name ) || " ";
 
         //finds the period
         const period = await this.prisma.payPeriods.findFirst({
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ export class TimesheetsQueryService {
             type: String(expense.bank_code?.type ?? '').toUpperCase(),
         }));
 
-        return buildPeriod(period.period_start, period.period_end, shifts , expenses);
+        return buildPeriod(period.period_start, period.period_end, shifts , expenses, employee_full_name);
     }
 
     async getTimesheetByEmail(email: string, week_offset = 0): Promise<TimesheetDto>  {
diff --git a/src/modules/timesheets/utils/timesheet.helpers.ts b/src/modules/timesheets/utils/timesheet.helpers.ts
index 95ee5f3..05cfc38 100644
--- a/src/modules/timesheets/utils/timesheet.helpers.ts
+++ b/src/modules/timesheets/utils/timesheet.helpers.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function makeEmptyWeek(week_start: Date): WeekDto {
 }
 
 export function makeEmptyPeriod(): TimesheetPeriodDto {
-    return { week1: makeEmptyWeek(new Date()), week2: makeEmptyWeek(new Date()) };
+    return { week1: makeEmptyWeek(new Date()), week2: makeEmptyWeek(new Date()), employee_full_name: " " };
 }
 
 export function buildWeek( 
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ export function buildPeriod(
     period_start: Date, 
     period_end: Date, 
     shifts: ShiftRow[], 
-    expenses: ExpenseRow[]
+    expenses: ExpenseRow[],
+    employee_full_name: string,
 ): TimesheetPeriodDto {
     const week1_start = toUTCDateOnly(period_start);
     const week1_end   = endOfDayUTC(addDays(week1_start, 6));
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ export function buildPeriod(
     return { 
         week1: buildWeek(week1_start, week1_end, shifts, expenses),
         week2: buildWeek(week2_start, week2_end, shifts, expenses),
+        employee_full_name,
     };
 }