---
type: threshold
id: eppa
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "EPPA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees
source_quote: "Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)"
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "EPPA"
full_name: "Employee Polygraph Protection Act"
employee_threshold: "1"
requirement: "if you are a private employer, you cannot use a lie detector test for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment unless you meet certain exceptions"
---
**Law:** EPPA

**Full name:** Employee Polygraph Protection Act

**Employee threshold:** 1

**Requirement:** if you are a private employer, you cannot use a lie detector test for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment unless you meet certain exceptions

> Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

Source: <https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees>