Is it illegal for an employer to request an employee take a polygraph?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from M. G. v. Metro. Interpreters & Translators, Inc., 62 F.Supp.3d 1189 (S.D. Cal. 2014):

29 C.F.R. 801.2(c) (2001) ; Calbillo v. Cavender Oldsmobile, Inc., 288 F.3d 721, 726 (5th Cir.2002) (the EPPA makes it illegal for an employer ... to request that an employee take a polygraph examination).

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