Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

threatened at work
I work for a state-funded Rehabilatation center in NY as a child aide. Each month we are to fill out a service record of the dates/times we spend with the child.(i assume so the state can send the rehabilatation center their money.) In January I accidently filled out 3 wrong dates (innocent mistake on my part). Subsequently, today I was called in to HR, and told that I could be prosecuted and have to serve jail time becuase of the ''fraudulent'' paperwork, even though this is the first time this has happened. I feel very threatened by them saying that I could go to jail, is this true? I feel as if no employer should threaten an employee with jailtime or being prosecuted. I understand that paperwork should be correct and am not making excuses for my mistake, but the woman who was talking to me mentioned jail and ''serious offence'' more than once and i am very upset about it. I am a one on one aide for a child with autism and get paid $7.45 an hour, I find it hard to beleive someone would send me to jail for this offence. I understand them telling me don't let it happen again, but the jailtime...that is going to far in my opinion. What do you think?

Asked on 2/05/08, 4:40 pm

Jonathan Nelson The Law Offices of Jonathan B. Nelson, PC

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Re: threatened at work

Although I think that the HR person was overstating the position, if done intentionally, such an offense could theoretically be prosecuted.

Answered on 2/05/08, 6:00 pm

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