PD 442 Article 37

Jurisdiction.

Article 37

ART. 37. Jurisdiction.— (a) Any violation of the provisions of this Title or its implementing rules and regulations as promulgated by the Secretary of Labor shall fall within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Military Tribunals and the regular courts. The court that first assumes jurisdiction shall exclude the other. All matters or questions involving employer-employee relations, including money claims arising from this Title, shall be under the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Commission.

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