Legal Question in Criminal Law in Mississippi

thieft

can a company or police make you take a polygraph for money stolen out of a deposit if you did not have access to the safe at the time and you have not worked for this company for at least four weeks.


Asked on 6/25/07, 1:20 pm

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Albert Pettigrew Law Offices Ph 228-875-8736

Re: thieft

Employer is not prohibited from requesting a polygraph by the Federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act. The police cannot make one take a polygraph. See http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eppabw.pdf

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Answered on 6/25/07, 5:03 pm
Albert Pettigrew Law Offices Ph 228-875-8736

Re: thieft

The restrictions on an employer's use of a polygraph are at

http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/Title_29/Part_801/Subpart_C.htm

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Answered on 6/25/07, 5:06 pm


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