Donald W. Benson Email & Phone Number

8 Locations Throughout Ga.

Don joins Ken S. Nugent P. C., a preeminent personal injury firm in Georgia, to protect employee-clients under the wage and hour laws, including claims for: denial of overtime based on job miss-classification, under payment for all time worked, failure to pay for all remote work, refusal to pay for travel time, inaccurate employer time records,, improper calculation of the overtime rate, and retaliation against employees who raise overtime concerns. Don is a senior litigator with over 20 years experience in overtime enforcement and compliance litigation.

Employment Dispute Avoidance, Resolution and Litigation for Management.Pandemic Planning and Communicable Diseases in the Workplace. Representing employers in the full range of labor and employment law issues including: race, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability and sexual orientation discrimination, harassment and retaliation; federal and state wage and hour law compliance including miss-classification, off the clock work, regular rate calculation, and meal break and rest periods; Equal Pay under Title VII and the EPA; USERRA; FMLA; ADA; Fair Credit Reporting Act, HIPAA and privacy protections; DOT Drug Testing; layoffs and reductions in force; severance agreements and releases; OSHA; union avoidance; mediation and arbitrations in both unionized and union free environments; NLRA § 301; diversity and affirmative action initiatives; breach of contract and franchise agreements; state torts including invasion of privacy, fraud, assault and battery, false imprisonment, defamation, negligent hiring and retention; worker’s compensation, drafting and litigation of restrictive covenant agreements including non-competes, non-solicitation of customers and confidential information protections; executive contract drafting and negotiation; due diligence review of Collective Bargaining Agreements, restrictive covenants and employment litigation.

Mr. Benson is a senior litigator who strives to help employers avoid, resolve and litigate employment disputes involving: pandemic preparation in the workplace, MRSA Staphg infections, RICO/Immigration lawsuits, trade secret, restrictive covenant and proprietary information disputes, sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, disability, age, religion, race, national origin and sex discrimination, equal pay claims, the Family and Medical Leave Act, WARN, defamation, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, breach of contract, handbook and policy contract claims, ERISA and LMRA Section 301 class actions over reductions to retiree health benefits, and wage and hour law.

Representing employers in labor and employment.

Employment law for management

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J.D.

Activities and Societies: Law Review

Phd. Candidate, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Completed Ph.D. preliminary examinations. Teaching Assistant; Introduction to Philospophy, Ethics, Business Ethics

M.A., Philosophy

Activities and Societies: M.A. Philosophy Teaching Assistant; Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Informal Logic, Symbolic LogicThesis.

A.B., Honors College: Philosophy

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