- EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH
PROTECTION ACT
PROHIBITIONS
EXEMPTIONS
EXAMINEE
RIGHTS
ENFORCEMENT
Employers are generally prohibited from requiring or requesting any employee or job
applicant to take a lie detector test, and from discharging, disciplining, or discriminating
against an employee or prospective employee for refusing to take a test or for exercising
other rights under the Act.
- The Act also permits polygraph testing, subject to restrictions, of certain employees of
private firms who are reasonably suspected of involvement in a workplace incident (theft,
embezzlement, etc.) that resulted in economic loss to the employer.
- The Secretary of Labor may bring court actions ...
7.05 Polygraph Poster 
