Randy Tennison
Screenwriter
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"The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibits most private employers from using a lie detector tests either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment."
This is the vebage on posters required to be displayed in every workplace. Here's a link
So, your boss can't require you to take the test. And if he fires you for not taking the test, you would have recourse.
Polygraphs are only as good as the examiner. I've taken polygraphs for employment as a police officer, and have seen very different results. I failed a polygraph where I have on doubt that I told the complete truth. I had a lousy examiner.
The homeowner needs to contact the police, and let them do the investigation. Plain and simple.
This is the vebage on posters required to be displayed in every workplace. Here's a link
So, your boss can't require you to take the test. And if he fires you for not taking the test, you would have recourse.
Polygraphs are only as good as the examiner. I've taken polygraphs for employment as a police officer, and have seen very different results. I failed a polygraph where I have on doubt that I told the complete truth. I had a lousy examiner.
The homeowner needs to contact the police, and let them do the investigation. Plain and simple.