A committee of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, is proceding with legislation that would ban polygraphs from the workplace. Sheera Claire Frankel reports for the Jerusalem Post:
The Knesset Labor, Health and Sports Committee moved forward on a law to ban the use of Knesset polygraph testing in the workplace on Monday. MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) said that polygraph constituted a basic violation of human rights.
The law would ban any workplace from using the test on potential employees during the hiring process.
And IsraelNationalNews.com reports:
(IsraelNN.com) The Knesset Labor Committee on Monday authorized moving ahead towards banning the use of a polygraph exam in the workplace, referring to potential employees who are asked to undergo the lie-detector test before being hired.
MK (Meretz-Yahad) Zahava Gal-On stated the polygraph represents a gross violation of basic rights, adding that in the coming weeks, the new regulation will be brought for ratification before the appropriate Knesset body.