Lie Detector Law Impacts All Of New York State

Among the many employment laws on the books in New York State, there is one Federal law that is designed to protect employees and job candidates from having to take a lie detector or polygraph test.

We are in the second half of 2025 and if your resolution or goal at the start of the year was to get a new job, you need to get those applications out and start looking. This year seems to be flying by!

But aside from a good resume, good references and a clean social media past, what might your employer expect from you? Is the use of a lie detector test a legal option for those who are hiring to weed out the best of the best?

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Here in New York, as is the case across the country , there is a specific federal law that called "The Employee Polygraph Protection Act"

According to the Federal law, "Employers generally may not require or request any employee or job applicant to take a lie detector test, or discharge, discipline, or discriminate against an employee or job applicant for refusing to take a test or for exercising other rights under the Act".

As we wrap up the summer and the summertime and seasonal jobs comes to an end, you may be looking for a new job of full time job. There seems to be some good options and many of the retailers will be looking for extra workers soon as well.