Jurisdiction of the Administrative Hearing Office

Jurisdiction of the Administrative Hearing Office. (a) Jurisdiction. The Administrative Hearing Office shall have original jurisdiction to resolve all actions involving alleged violations of the labor and wage laws of the Commonwealth, including but not limited to any violation of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Commonwealth Superior Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to resolve all labor and wage violations that are criminal in nature. (b) Single action required. The Administrative Hearing Office shall hear all claims of the foreign national worker or the employer in a single action. The failure of a party to assert all claims before the Administrative Hearing Office arising out of an employment relationship shall result in a waiver by the party of unasserted claims and bar assertion in a subsequent proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by Commonwealth law. (c) Limitation on stays of proceedings. The Administrative Hearing Office shall not stay any proceeding to allow the parties to proceed with their claims in a different forum except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Source: PL 15-108, § 4(4942).