125.26. As of the date of publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of the order made under section 125.11 or 125.12, a local municipality referred to in the report of the conciliator or the Commission may not, except with the authorization of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Greater Montréal, increase the expenditures relating to the remuneration and employee benefits of any of its employees or hire new employees unless the increase or hiring results from the application of a clause of a collective agreement or contract of employment in force on that date.
The first paragraph also applies to a local municipality resulting from the amalgamation of the territories of the municipalities referred to in the first paragraph, until a majority of the council members elected at the first general election take office.