§ 2002. — Prohibitions on lie detector use.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC2002]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 22--EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION
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.
(Pub. L. 100-347, Sec. 3, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 646.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 2 section 1314; title 3 section
414.
