Bellin v. Kelley

I respectfully dissent from part 2 of the majority opinion. General Laws c. 149, § 19B(2), as appearing in St. 1985, c. 587, § 1, provides in relevant part that “[i]t shall be unlawful for any employer or his agent, with respect to any of his employees ... to subject such person to, or request such person to take a lie detector test ... or to discharge . . . such person for the assertion of rights arising hereunder.” There follows an exception contained in the second sentence of the statute which permits law enforcement agencies to administer such tests “as may be otherwise permitted in…