Hi everyone, Thank you so much for all your advice given. I didn't put in a grievance against my colleague as you advised against this. I simply spoke with my boss about the accusations that she had made against me. It turns out that my colleague had actually told one or two porky pies causing my boss to become angry. My boss informed me that once she had spoken with me on the telephone she realised that foul play had been brought into what was actually said. She assured me that this will be dealt with upon my colleagues return to work and that as a honest, loyal and reliable member of her team the last thing she wanted was for me to feel upset. Thank you once again everyone Im glade that I cooled down and listened to you all.

Thanks Honeybee + Emmzziie, I didn't say she was lying. I am simply furious that she feels that she can keep doing this and getting away with it. Also I don't want to be reprimanded if I say something to the person, therefore I would like to follow correct procedures.

Hi All, Thank you for your replies. Firstly Winston73 yes I did explain to my boss that I was only taking my son to school as I could not get him dropped off that morning and taxi company wanted £9.50. Secondly Transient in answer to the question is there an external relationship the answer is No. My boss has taken this young peron under her wing since they joined the company as an apprentice three years ago and is now mentoring her through a high level qualification. Honeybee, I think the outcome I would like is to know on what grounds could I legally put in a complaint against this colleague. I used to boil it down to the fact that she was young and naive but this has gone on for far too long now and if it is not addressed correctly I will be the one without a leg to stand on if I react

Hi can anyone help me before I get myself into trouble? I have a young colleague (21) that keeps snitching on me to our boss. I am finding this very irritating and would like to put in a complaint against her. For instance I recently called in sick due to a stomache upset that I had been sent home from work for. That morning I drove my son to school and she passed me in her car but did not acknowledge that she had seen me. By the time I got back home I had received a text from my boss requesting to know why I had called in sick if I could drive my son to school as this person had informed her. Then today our CEO sent an email informing the company that we had taken over another company and that it would manly affect our department. I addressed the email and then was told by every person in my department that they already knew is some shape or form, i then stated that I felt leftout and thought that I should have been informed if everyone else knew. Within half an hour of the tell tale colleague leaving my boss who was out of the office called me to say that she had received a call from the grass and why was I voicing my opinon about the take over and getting my knickers in a twist. I explain that the others had informed me that they all knew and that i simply said that I felt left out. Why did she feel the need to call my boss and am I right to want to put in a complaint because I feel that this may be happening more than I am aware of?

Thank you EagerElephant for your advice it was very much appreciated. I could still do without paying back all the money when I had actually paid for the childminder, but hay ho thats my own fault for not being more on the ball.

Back in April I received a letter from the compliance operations team requesting details of my 3 children attending child care with one of my childminders between 2012 - 13 (2 x children are with 1 childminder and the other goes to another). I had forgotten to update HMRC that my two boys started attending another childminder in January 2012. I sent all the contracts of both providers along with payments made between April 2012 to April 2013 and also informed them which of my children would still be in childcare between April 2013 and April 2014. When I went to collect my daughter from her childminder last week she informed me that she had been questioned on the phone vigorously regarding my three children, she informed them that she had previously had the boys but could not give the dates of the previous years as her accountant had all of her books. She was able to give them figures of 2012-13 for my daughter. Again she was asked whether the figure was for all three children and she reply "no just 1". My other childminder has yet to be contacted regarding the boys, however I have received a letter from my compliance officer who returned all my documents and stated that they will write back shortly regarding my tax credits claim. What does this mean???? I am worried enough about the whole thing as it is and cannot sleep at night with worry. I was previously investigated in 2010 again regarding childcare which was sorted out and I had complied with everything that was asked of me, if fact they owed me money. Will I have to pay them back because I did not notify them about a new childminder?