Alias a field name in a join query

I have a database with spaces in the field names (not my fault).
I am having a problem with the query because one of the fileds I am joining on has a space in its name. See bolded text.
SELECT *
FROM employee_passwords
INNER JOIN employee_general_info
ON employee_passwords.Employee_ID=employees.[Employee ID]
WHERE username = '#username#' AND password = '#password#'
So I get this error message
Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Invalid object name 'employees.Employee ID'.
Is there a way to alias the employees.[Employee ID] field?

Should be
ON employee_passwords.Employee_ID=employee_general_info.[Employee ID]

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