Legal Admissibility of Employee Polygraph Examinations in Poland

Abstract

"Polygraph testing in Poland is associated mostly with criminal cases and discussion about the power of evidence from such examinations in criminal investigations. Th e use of the polygraph in Poland in criminal cases has been described extensively.1 Nevertheless, recently the discussion has increasingly frequently pertained to the use of such examinations in other fi elds, and especially in labour and employment. Court cases related to labour law increasingly frequently feature the question of admissibility of such examinations and the consequences that they entail for the employee, including also the option to dissolve an employment contract on the power of such an examination. Moreover, the enrolment procedure of the future employee using such an examination is questionable."(...)