Ongoing Truth Verification
for a Safer Workplace
Trust is essential in any business, but workplace risks can change over time. Financial pressure, access to sensitive information, and changing responsibilities may create risks that were not present when an employee was first appointed. The Periodic Screening Examination helps businesses maintain accountability and identify potential concerns after the initial hiring process.
Discuss a Screening ProgrameWhat Is a Periodic Screening Examination?
A Periodic Screening Examination is a polygraph test conducted at planned intervals to assess ongoing workplace integrity.
Unlike a Specific Issue Polygraph Test, which focuses on one known incident, periodic screening covers agreed areas of workplace conduct over a defined period. These examinations are often used for employees who handle money, valuable stock, confidential information or other sensitive company resources.
Integral Polygraphs works with each business to identify the relevant risks and prepare clear questions around them. Depending on the organisation’s needs, screening may be conducted quarterly, twice a year or annually.
Why Choose Periodic Screening?
Identify Risks Earlier
Regular screening may help uncover concerns that are not immediately visible through audits or daily supervision, including stock losses, unauthorised information sharing or financial misconduct.
Support Honest Employees
When theft or misconduct is suspected, innocent employees can quickly feel that they are under suspicion. A structured screening programme can help assess concerns more fairly and reduce unnecessary tension.
Reinforce Accountability
When employees understand that workplace integrity is reviewed consistently, company policies remain visible, and accountability becomes part of the normal working environment.
When Is Periodic Screening Used?
The examination may help a company identify ongoing risks that traditional audits or criminal checks cannot reveal. It may also help management monitor areas where repeated losses or irregularities have occurred without a single known incident.
Integral Polygraphs can help businesses develop a screening approach suited to their industry, workforce and specific areas of concern. The findings should be considered alongside internal policies, supporting evidence and relevant employment procedures.
Periodic screening is commonly used for employees in positions where ongoing access, responsibility or limited supervision may create added business risk.
Cash and Financial Records
Suitable for employees who handle cash, payments, banking information or financial records, where accuracy and accountability are essential.
The Periodic Screening Process
Business Consultation
Integral Polygraphs discusses the organisation’s operations, sensitive roles and the workplace risks that need to be addressed.
Screening Plan
The examiner helps determine which employees should be screened, which areas should be covered, and how frequently testing should take place.
Pre-Test Interview
The procedure and all relevant questions are explained to the examinee before testing begins.
Polygraph Examination
Professional polygraph equipment records physiological responses while the examinee answers the agreed questions.
Assessment and Findings
The Integral Polygraphs examiner analyses the recorded responses and provides the relevant findings or report to the authorised person.
Professional, Respectful and Confidential Screening
Integral Polygraphs understands that introducing regular polygraph testing may cause concern among employees. Every examination is therefore conducted calmly, professionally and with respect for the examinee.
The purpose of periodic screening is not to intimidate employees or create unnecessary suspicion. It is to provide businesses with a consistent and objective process for supporting workplace integrity.
All information relating to the employee, examination and findings is treated with strict confidentiality. Results are shared only with the appropriate authorised parties.
Periodic Screening Examinations can be conducted at the secure Integral Polygraphs offices in Cape Town. Our mobile polygraph testing service can also conduct examinations at the company’s premises or another suitable location.
Protect Your Business Over Time
Workplace integrity requires more than a once-off background check. Regular verification can help businesses identify changing risks, protect honest employees and maintain stronger internal controls.
Speak to Integral Polygraphs about creating a Periodic Screening Examination programme suited to your organisation, workforce and operational needs.