Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 574. Industrial Board (Adm. Code § 2214)

(a) To meet at least once each month for the purpose of considering such matters as are brought before it or the Secretary of Labor and Industry shall request;

(b) To hold hearings with reference to the application by the department of the laws specified in subsection (h), upon appeal either of employes or employers or of the public and, after such hearings, to make recommendations to the department;

(c) To make suggestions to the department for the formulation of rules and regulations within its jurisdiction;

(d) To retain the power to grant variances and hear appeals within its jurisdiction arising out of the enforcement actions of the department consistent with the powers granted to the board by section 14 of the act of June 2, 1913 (P.L. 396, No. 267), entitled “An act creating a Department of Labor and Industry; defining its powers and duties; establishing an Industrial Board; providing for the appointment of a Commissioner of Labor, inspectors, statisticians, clerks, and others to enforce the provisions of this act, and providing salaries for the same; prescribing a standard of reasonable and adequate protection to be observed in the rooms, buildings, and places where labor is employed; empowering the said Industrial Board to make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations relating thereto; transferring the powers and duties of the Department of Factory Inspection to the Department of Labor and Industry, and abolishing the Department of Factory Inspection; and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of the said board.”  1

(e) To perform any other duties assigned to the board by the Secretary of Labor and Industry;

(f) To request or initiate investigations and make reports on all matters within its jurisdiction. The department shall cooperate with the board and provide such information as the board may request;

(g) To establish such technical advisory boards or committees as may be necessary for the performance of its duties, including, but not limited to, a Fire and Panic Advisory Board and a Boiler Advisory Board;

(h) To have jurisdiction under the following acts: