Employee Polygraph Protection Act – Prohibitions, Exemptions and Rights

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Employee Polygraph Protection Act Prohibitions,
Exemptions and Rights
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• Employee polygraph protection act is a act which
  prohibits the private employers from using the
  lie detector tests on the employees during the
  course of the employment or pre-employment
  screening. There are several prohibitions and
  exemptions under this act and wherever this is
  permitted there they will have strict standards.
  So, if you are an employer or employee you must
  know this act.
• Some of the prohibitions of this act are
• The employers shouldnt request the employee or
  the applicant of the job to take this lie
  detector test.
• Employers shouldnt form disciplining,
  discharging or discriminating against the
  employee or the expected employee who refuse to
  take the test or those who exercise other rights
  under this act.

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• Exemptions of employee polygraph act
• However, state, federal and local governments are
  not effected by this law.
• This law is not applicable to the tests given by
  federal government to some private individuals
  who are involved in national security related
  activities or handling drugs or for investigating
  theft or other suspected crime.
• This act will permit the test to be apply in
  private sectors, to some expected employees of
  the firms related to security services and to
  pharmaceutical distributors, manufacturers and
  dispensers.
• This act will allow testing, subject to
  restrictions of some employees who are involved n
  the workplace theft, embezzlement etc. which
  results in the loss of employer economically.

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• Rights of the examinee
• As said above, the lie detector tests can be
  permitted for the jobs that are related to
  security or investigating theft cases etc. But,
  there are strict standards in conducting the test
  and on the length of the test. Here, the examinee
  has the few rights in taking this test. Some of
  them are listed below.
• They have the right to a written notice before
  testing.
• They have the right to refuse the test.
• Right for discontinuing the test in the middle or
  at any time.
• Right in not having the test results for
  disclosing the test results to unauthorized
  persons.
• Right to be asked questions in such a way that it
  is not degrading.
• But, if any one violates this act, they will be
  subjected to penalties by the secretary of labor
  by bringing the court actions on the violators.
  Here, there is also a right for the employees or
  the job applicants to bring their own court
  actions on the violators. So, if you are an
  employee or a job applicant know your rights and
  move forward.

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