Current as of: 01/03/2007 Sec. 2002. Prohibitions on lie detector use
Except as provided in sections 2006 and 2007 of this title, it
shall be unlawful for any employer engaged in or affecting commerce
or in the production of goods for commerce -
(1) directly or indirectly, to require, request, suggest, or
cause any employee or prospective employee to take or submit to
any lie detector test;
(2) to use, accept, refer to, or inquire concerning the results
of any lie detector test of any employee or prospective employee;
(3) to discharge, discipline, discriminate against in any
manner, or deny employment or promotion to, or threaten to take
any such action against -
(A) any employee or prospective employee who refuses,
declines, or fails to take or submit to any lie detector test,
or
(B) any employee or prospective employee on the basis of the
results of any lie detector test; or
(4) to discharge, discipline, discriminate against in any
manner, or deny employment or promotion to, or threaten to take
any such action against, any employee or prospective employee
because -
(A) such employee or prospective employee has filed any
complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any
proceeding under or related to this chapter,
(B) such employee or prospective employee has testified or is
about to testify in any such proceeding, or
(C) of the exercise by such employee or prospective employee,
on behalf of such employee or another person, of any right
afforded by this chapter.
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