If a business has suffered a financial loss due to suspected theft or fraud, a polygraph exam/ lie detector test may be administered to certain employees who are reasonably suspected of involvement in a workplace incident that results in economic loss to the employer and who had access to the property that is the subject of an investigation;
And to prospective employees of armored car, security alarm, and security guard firms who protect facilities, materials or operations affecting health or safety, national security, or currency and other like instruments;
And to prospective employees of pharmaceutical and other firms authorized to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances who will have direct access to such controlled substances, as well ascurrent employee who had access to persons or property that are the subject of an ongoing investigation.
www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/polygraph