help and advice please

[hayleysbabies]

before i start i worry alot about everything as i have anxiety issues.anyway i have 2 children my partner is full time student n i work part time i claim working tax credits but i only work 23 hours my employer pays me for 24 hours on my wage slips n i make up the hours in overtime throughout the year anyway i feel like im a cheat n fraud n am goin to get a knock on door from police i know this sounds totally mad does anyway have any advice to put my mind at rest

Do they not have a helpline or something you can ring if you've checked the rules and they're not clear? You're not going to get a conclusive answer on here.

i have spoken to my work place and tax credits my workplace are going to give me guarrenteed overtime of 4 hours for a day every 4 weeks i have spoken to tax credits they said this is fine as i would be working 23,23,23,27 and would still average 24 hours per week so it can be averaged out

Good. I think the rules were clear , you were worried that you weren't adhering to them as work were doing you a favour .

Really glad you have sorted it out.

the rules were pretty complicated as i have always done regualar overtime thats why i was also paid 24 on average but we lost alot of business before xmas thus been less overtime n it was less regular which got me worried as when i read the rules it said overtime needed to be regular like most of last year i worked 23 24 23 24 n so on then 1 month id have a whole day instead overtime n i was paid extra when i had made up the 52 hours extra i was been payed

just to add i forgot to ask now that im going to be working 23,23,23,27 and tax credits have said that this is ok to average at 24 hours a week is it still ok for my employer to pay me for 24 hours a week now i have fixed hours of 23,23,23,27 or can i carry on been payed for 24