Sec.31-371-17. Employer and employee contests before the review commission

(a) Any employer to whom a citation or notice of proposed penalty has been issued may, under Section 31-377 (a) of the Act, notify the Commissioner in writing that he intends to contest such citation or proposed penalty before the Review Commission. Such notice of intention to contest shall be postmarked within 15 working days of the receipt by the employer of the notice of proposed penalty. Every notice of intention to contest shall specify whether it is directed to the citation or to the proposed penalty, or both. The Commissioner shall immediately transmit such notice to the Review Commission in accordance with the rules of procedure prescribed by the Commissioner.

(b) Any employee or representative of employees of an employer to whom a citation has been issued may, under section 31-377 (c) of the Act, file a written notice with the Commissioner alleging that the period of time fixed, in the citation for the abatement of the violation is unreasonable. Such notice shall be postmarked within 15 working days of the receipt by the employer of the notice of proposed penalty or notice that no penalty is being proposed. The Commissioner shall immediately transmit such notice to the Review Commission in accordance with the rules of procedure prescribed by the Commission.

(Effective September 11, 1974)