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A private poultry processing plant in General Santos City employing about 260 workers is alleged by a wage earner to have underpaid the minimum wage for the last six months and to have failed to pay the 13th month pay. The employee files a wage-claim with the DOLE Regional Office; after a fact-finding investigation, the Regional Director issues a decision ordering the employer to pay back wages and penalties. The employer challenges the DOLE decision, arguing that NLRC has exclusive jurisdiction over wage-claims and that the DOLE decision is void. (a) Identify the governing doctrine that determines which forum has jurisdiction over this wage-claim case. (b) Distinguish the governing rules on jurisdiction between the DOLE Regional Director and the NLRC. (c) Apply the rules to the facts: which forum has proper jurisdiction at the initial stage and why, and what avenue of review (if any) exists for the other party?

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A wage-claim decision by DOLE RD is automatically enforceable, and any challenge must be for non-monetary relief only at the Supreme Court. DOLE Regional Director shares concurrent jurisdiction with the NLRC, allowing either forum to adjudicate wage-claims depending on the worker’s preference. NLRC’s review of a DOLE wage order is by way of a petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals; there is no direct NLRC appeal. DOLE Regional Director has original jurisdiction over wage-claim cases, with the NLRC acting only as the appellate tribunal to review DOLE wage decisions; the aggrieved party may appeal to the NLRC, and, if still dissatisfied, seek further review in a court of appeals by certiorari.

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