19. The cessation of withholdings under section 18 shall continue for 12 weeks for each day or part of a day during which the work stoppage continues or during which the employer establishes that the number of employees, represented by the association of employees, who are complying with section 2 is insufficient to provide essential services as provided in a list or an agreement or, if none, in the case of an institution, essential services as provided in sections 111.10 and 111.10.1 of the Labour Code (chapter C-27).
In the case of an operator of an ambulance service, the regional board, the regional council or the institution to which Part IV.2 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) applies, as the case may be, of the territory in which the operator carries on his activities shall confirm the duration of any work stoppage and notify him in writing accordingly.
1986, c. 74, s. 19; 1988, c. 40, s. 8; 1992, c. 21, s. 183, s. 375; 1998, c. 39, s. 184.