Employers also are prevented from dismissing or disciplining an employee for refusing to take a polygraph exam.

A church should never suggest or require that an employee submit to a polygraph exam, even in cases of suspected embezzlement, without first contacting a local attorney for legal advice.

After failing a polygraph exam, officers decided to have him hypnotized.

Guests usually take the polygraph exam three times or more to ensure accuracy of the results.

This week's lesson addresses the use of polygraph exams for church staff.