Mr. B's Oil Co. v. Register

Beasley, Judge.

Register was hired, without written contract, to work in a convenience store owned by Mr. B’s Oil Company, Inc. It is undisputed that the employment was terminable at will. Shortly after starting, Register was required to submit to a “Psychological Stress Evaluation” (PSE) test, which attempts to analyze the truthfulness of an individual’s answers to certain questions by measuring voice stress. Thereafter, her employment was terminated.

Register sued the company alleging that her employment had been wrongfully terminated because of the answers to irrelevant PSE questions; that…