2014 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 20-B - (733 - 739) PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS EVALUATORS AND EMPLOYMENT
733 - Definitions.

 733. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  "Employer"  means any individual, person, corporation, department,
  board,  bureau,  agency,  commission,  division,  office,   council   or
  committee  of  the  state government, public benefit corporation, public
  authority or political subdivision  of  the  state,  or  other  business
  entity,  which  employs or seeks to employ an individual or individuals.
  All provisions of this article pertaining to employers  shall  apply  in
  equal force and effect to their agents and representatives.
2. "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.
3.  "Prospective employee" means an individual seeking or being sought
  for employment with an employer.
4. "Psychological stress evaluator" means  any  mechanical  device  or
  instrument   which  purports  to  determine  the  truth  or  falsity  of
  statements made by an employee or prospective employee on the  basis  of
  vocal fluctuations or vocal stress.
5. "Psychological stress evaluator examination" means:
(a)  the  questioning  or  interviewing  of an employee or prospective
  employee for the purpose of subjecting the statements of  such  employee
  or prospective employee to analysis by a psychological stress evaluator;
(b)  the  recording  of  statements made by an employee or prospective
  employee for the purpose of subjecting such statements to analysis by  a
  psychological stress evaluator; or
(c)  analyzing, with a psychological stress evaluator, statements made
  by an employee or prospective employee for the  purpose  of  determining
  the truth or falsity of such statements.