{"data":{"id":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-494a","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"21 V.S.A. § 494a","heading":"Polygraph testing as condition of employment","body":"(a) Except as provided in section 494b of this title, an employer or an employment agency shall not as a condition of employment, promotion, or change in status of employment, or as an express or implied condition of a benefit or privilege of employment, do any of the following:\n(1) request or require that an employee or applicant for employment take or submit to a polygraph examination; or\n(2) administer, cause to be administered, threaten to administer, or attempt to administer a polygraph examination to an employee or applicant for employment; or\n(3) request or require that an employee or applicant for employment give an express or implied waiver of a practice prohibited under this subchapter.\n(b) An employer shall not refuse to hire, promote, or change the status of employment of an applicant for employment because the applicant refuses or declines a polygraph examination.","path":["Title 21: Labor","Chapter 005: Employment Practices","Subchapter 005A: POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00494a","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:04Z","sha256":"a928fe3e1d54af1349d2478e247a4df2da544d408244387f55cb22c9f49dface","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-494","next":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-494b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}