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 The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibits most private employers from requiring employees or candidates for employment to submit to a lie detector test. The only time an employer may ask (but not require) an employee to take a polygraph test is in the conduct of an ongoing investigation into theft, embezzlement, or a similar economic loss; or if the employee had access to property that was lost, and the employer has a reasonable suspicion that the employee was involved.
Employees who take a polygraph test may not be discharged or suffer any other negative consequences solely on the basis of the test, without other supporting evidence. The Act strictly mandates how polygraph tests may be administered, and how the results are used.
Penalties for non-compliance: Up to $10,000 in civil penalties; aggrieved candidates for employment may obtain employment; aggrieved employees may be awarded reinstatement, back pay, and benefits.
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