Reporting part-time earnings while on benefits

My hours change every week at my new part-time job and I am afraid of reporting wrongly. The form asks for gross earnings, which I do not see until later. Do you report when you earned it or when you were paid?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 7 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

The claimant handbook has worked examples for part-time pay. Mine was clearer than the phone line.