Pre-Employment and Workplace

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Polygraph exams for public service candidates are used to assess the candidate’s suitability for employment. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) allows certain job applicants in security service firms (i.e., armored car, alarm, guard, and pharmaceutical-related positions) to undergo polygraph examinations. Jobs that may require a polygraph test during a background check include candidates for positions such as nurse, detention officer, firefighter, security officer, pharmacist, and police officer. 

Polygraph exams are also used to determine the validity of internal professional misconduct allegations. The EPPA stops most companies from making their employees take polygraph or lie detector tests, with some exceptions. The EPPA allows businesses to use polygraph tests on specific employees if there is a reasonable suspicion that they might be involved in activities like fraud, theft, embezzlement, conflicts of interest, policy violations, or breaches of contract. The purpose of these polygraph tests is to find out the truth regarding any alleged wrongdoing in the workplace. 

Types of Issues:

· Background Investigation, and

· Professional Misconduct

• Fraud 
• Theft 
• Embezzlement 
• Conflict of Interest 
• Policy violations 
• Breaches of contract 
• Mistreatment of others