I work in a catering company that has a contract with a mine camp, I'm here for two weeks and I'm off for two weeks. I work 12 hour days and I'm allowed one hour of a break, when I started they said I can split my break anyway I want just as long as I use the whole hour.
Yesterday the chef confronted me about me being on my phone (it was an emergency) I accepted what I did was wrong but explained it was an emergency, he didn't care then he told me I'm not allowed to use the rest of my break, I told him I had 20 minutes left and that our 1 hour break is mandatory. He told me that I used my whole break but we have our break times signed in and out by us on a break sheet. He walked me to the sheet to “prove me wrong” but saw that I had 20 minutes left, then he used a different excuse saying “you can't take your break during supper service”. I told him that's what I've done for the past 3 months and I even quoted what he said about us being able to split our 1 hour break up, he said “I never said that”. I got coworkers to back me up on his words and he still refused to let me take my last 20 minutes so I ended up working 6 hours non-stop on my feet until I was done.
I tried to go to the HR office here at the mine camp then was told that the HR office is for the miners only as we are only here by contract, I also found out that I can get in trouble for going to HR by myself without speaking to anyone else. I don't know what to do, this is my first time dealing with someone like him. Can anyone give me tips on what I should do or say?