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Courts are split over the perjury trap where an the employee who lies in an answer to an unlawful question. 

Some give protection: See Downs v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth. (1998) 13 F.Supp.2d 130, 140 (bus driver who falsely responded in the negative to pre-employment inquiries regarding prior workers’ compensation injuries could not be terminated once dishonesty was discovered, as original questions violated EEOC regulations and guidelines, and questions not related to ability to drive bus); Kraft v. Police Commissioner of Boston (1991) 410 Mass. 155, 157, 571 N.E.2d 380 (employer could not terminate police officer five years after hire ...