EPPA
What is the full name for EPPA?
For EPPA, full name is Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988; size rule is no employee-count threshold; what triggers coverage instead is any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce; requirement is it shall be unlawful for any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce- (1) directly or indirectly, to require, request, suggest, or cause any employee or prospective employee to take or submit to any lie detector test, recorded from its source on 2026-09-29; source re-checked 2026-11-01.
The term "employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee or prospective employee.
— uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- EPPA our reading
- Full name
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 verified
- Size rule
- no employee-count threshold our reading
- What triggers coverage instead
- any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce verified
- Requirement
- it shall be unlawful for any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce- (1) directly or indirectly, to require, request, suggest, or cause any employee or prospective employee to take or submit to any lie detector test verified
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Where each value comes from
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Law and Full name
may be cited as the 'Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988'.
Size rule
The term "employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee or prospective employee.
What triggers coverage instead
Except as provided in sections 2006 and 2007 of this title, it shall be unlawful for any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce-
Requirement
Except as provided in sections 2006 and 2007 of this title, it shall be unlawful for any employer engaged in or affecting commerce or in the production of goods for commerce- (1) directly or indirectly, to require, request, suggest, or cause any employee or prospective employee to take or submit to any lie detector test;
— all from uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2001&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2002&num=0&edition=prelim