I only want 16hours

paddedjohn

luvvlyjubbly wrote: »

just goes to show when you try to better yourself some people will still have a go!
well actually i have 6 children to look after by myself so no i don't want to do more than 16 hours....i asked a question, this wasn't a discussion to slag me off.
thanks to those who have tried to help.

Unless ive missed something here I cant see where anyone has had a go at you or slagged you off.

skibadee

Good on you for finding a job....if the contract is for 16hrs then they cannot force you to do more.....check your contract to see if it says anything about flexibility etc., on hours.

Dollardog

paddedjohn wrote: »

Unless ive missed something here I cant see where anyone has had a go at you or slagged you off.

If you read miduck's posts again, I think you'll see that they were having a go.
Good Luck OP.

marybelle01

And it was still your, and yours partners, choice to have six children. I am sorry you lost your partner. I lost mine too. But there are no guarantees in life. And I have never claimed benefits. I am not saying you had any choice other than benefits, but nobody criticised you, so why so defensive? And isn't it a better example to set your six children to not claim benefits if you can work and earn your own way? Getting a job to top up benefits isn't making your own way. Benefits are supposed to top up the wage of the lowest paid - not the other way around.

moneysavvy35

Why not take the extra hours? Saying you have enough to do at home is a poor excuse for deciding you don't want the extra. Before I assume I will ask.....are you saying you only want 16hours so you can top up with the benefits or am i not understanding you correctly? Well done for finding part time work, but if they've offered you more hours take it with both hands.

luvvlyjubbly

marybelle01 wrote: »

And it was still your, and yours partners, choice to have six children. I am sorry you lost your partner. I lost mine too. But there are no guarantees in life.

I'm sorry but my partner dying in early 30's didn't really occur to me in my decision to have children.

keyser666

paddedjohn wrote: »

Unless ive missed something here I cant see where anyone has had a go at you or slagged you off.

I can .

luvvlyjubbly

moneysavvy35 wrote: »

Why not take the extra hours? Saying you have enough to do at home is a poor excuse for deciding you don't want the extra. Before I assume I will ask.....are you saying you only want 16hours so you can top up with the benefits or am i not understanding you correctly? Well done for finding part time work, but if they've offered you more hours take it with both hands.

It's not a poor excuse.....I don't want more than 16 hours, as I still have to clean cook shop etc etc.... the job stated 16 hours, hence why I took it.....and of course i expect to do extra if they are stuck but at the moment 16 hours is all i need/want.....is that so wrong?

flyinggiraffe_2

Hiya, I think they might legally be able to do this. As long as it averages 16 hours per week over a 2 week period.

One of my friends runs their own business and she has staff on 16 hour a week contracts that do a bit more one week and less the next and can still claim WTC and HB.

So one week you could do 25 hours, and another you would only do 7 hours. Averaged out that is 16 hours per week.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/start/claiming/income-hours/work-out-hours.htm


I think this is the link that explains this better than I can.

luvvlyjubbly

thanks I will have a read of that....very helpful.