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Staples Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over
Failure to Notify Job Applicants About Lie Detector Ban.
Plaintiff: Justin Korn has initiated a class action lawsuit against Staples Inc. Allegations: Korn claims that Staples violated Massachusetts state law, which prohibits the use of lie detectors in hiring decisions and mandates that companies inform job candidates about this prohibition in their applications. Filing Details: The lawsuit was filed on August 29 in a Massachusetts superior court.A Massachusetts resident, Justin Korn, has filed a class action lawsuit against Staples, alleging that the company failed to provide mandatory disclosures about the ban on lie detectors in its job applications. According to Korn, Staples did not include the required notice about the prohibition of lie detector tests, which is stipulated under state law.
Korn’s lawsuit details that he applied for three positions at Staples in August—senior site reliability engineer, associate manager of strategic sourcing, and senior transportation analyst. He claims that none of these job applications contained the necessary information about the ban on lie detectors, a requirement set by Massachusetts law for nearly 40 years. This law not only prohibits the use of lie detectors in hiring but also grants applicants the right to sue if they do not receive proper notice.
The lawsuit states, “Plaintiff and class members were aggrieved because they were bona-fide applicants for jobs with Staples, and Staples deprived them of their statutorily guaranteed right to the notice provided under Mass. Gen Laws.”
Korn is seeking to represent all individuals who applied for jobs at Staples based in Massachusetts. He is requesting class action certification, $500 in damages per violation, legal fees, and a jury trial.
In addition, Staples previously reached a nearly $4 million settlement in 2017 related to a class action lawsuit over misrepresented terms in its Extended Services Plans.
Korn’s legal team includes David S. Godkin and James E. Kruzer of Birnbaum & Godkin LLP, along with Joshua D. Arisohn, Matthew A. Girardi, and Julian C. Diamond of Bursor & Fisher PA. The case is titled Korn et al. v. Staples Inc., Case No. 2484CV02303, and is being heard in the Suffolk County Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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