43. Where some or all of the operations of the institute are discontinued or if there is a shortage of work, an employee of the institute referred to in section 39 is entitled to be placed on reserve in the public service with the classification the employee had on the date on which the employee left the public service.
In such a case, the chairman of the Conseil du trésor shall, where applicable, establish the employee’s classification on the basis of the criteria set out in the first paragraph of section 42.