I usually work 5 hours part time at a warehouse job but last Friday I decided to work 7 hours. I didn't tell my manager because he was on the other side of the building and I figured that I could get more work done if I just stayed at my location instead of wasting time to walk over and let him know.

Today I got called in by my manager today and he said that I should have let him know that I would be working extra hours. We have a labor card and on it I basically put down that I worked 5 straight hours without a break. I found out that there is a labor law that requires companies to give a 15 minute break and a 30 minute break for employees that work 7+ hours. I did not take the 30 minute break because I had lost track of time and opted not to take it. I remember him mentioning something like this but it slipped my mind. It was my mistake and I didn't think that it would blow up like it has. He let me know that there is a company wide process of trying to correct my mistake and that they could be potentially sued in labor court. He told me that he could potentially lose his job because people are going to think that he didn't give me the 30 minute break. The whole day, I've been feeling terrible I really feel like I messed up.