19. The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the same trade employed by an employer shall not exceed the ratio indicated in Schedule B. The employer may hire one additional apprentice when he has in his employ one journeyman in the same trade in excess of the number indicated in that Schedule or any multiple thereof.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the same trade employed by an employer may, in the residential sector, exceed the ratio indicated in Schedule B and reach the ratio of one apprentice per journeyman.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the ratio of apprentice electricians to journeymen in the same trade who perform work pertaining to the specialty of security systems installer may exceed the ratio indicated in Schedule B and reach the ratio of one apprentice electrician per journeyman.
O.C. 313-93, s. 19; S.Q. 1995, c. 8, s. 54; O.C. 1489-95, s. 2.