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Case summary: A person RS is working as a traveling salesperson for a person AW. The sales of RS constituted ninety-percent of RS work time. The person RS works 50 hours per week but was not paid for the extra hours. The new supervisor CB has claimed that the person RS has been inflating the sales call which is reported and should submit to a polygraph test. The person RS reported the polygraph test request to the U.S Department of labor which has prohibited the test. The person RS submitted a letter from his wife’s physician to the person AW which stated that she is ill and is in need of daily care. RS is taking leave of several months to take care of his wife. The person AW has sixty-three employees at the time. The person RS was terminated from his position as the position was merged with the adjacent territory.
To find: The circumstances under which AW can be allowed to take a polygraph test of an employee.
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