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Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 247 (1993).

137 N.H. 240, 245-46, 625 A.2d 1056 (1993) (noting concern that overly expansive application of status quo doctrine may improperly shift the balance of collective bargaining in favor of the union).

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 245-46 (1993) (noting concern that overly expansive application of status quo doctrine may improperly shift the balance of collective bargaining in favor of the union).

Appeal of Milton School District, 137 N.H. 240, 246 (1993).

consistently held that “[t]he status quo doctrine does not require payment of step increases after a CBA expires,” Laconia Patrolman Assoc., 164 N.H. at 557 (quotation and brackets omitted), because, during the status quo period, the employer must maintain salary levels at the expiration of the CBA but not schedules of projected salary increases contained within the CBA, see Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 245 (1993).

Appeal of Alton School Dist., 140 N.H. 303, 307 (1995); Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 245-47 (1993).

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 247 (1993) (after CBA lacking automatic renewal clause-has expired and while employer and union are negotiating new CBA, status quo doctrine requires that employment terms and conditions remain the same).

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 247, 625 A.2d 1056, 1061 (1993).

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 247, 625 A.2d 1056, 1061 (1993).

Maintenance of the status quo “demands that all terms and conditions of employment remain the same during collective bargaining after a CBA has expired.” Appeal of Milton School Dist.

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 247, 625 A.2d 1056, 1061 (1993).

An automatic renewal clause is a cost item, Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 243, 625 A.2d 1056, 1058-59 (1993), and it therefore does not bind the parties unless it has been ratified by the legislative body, id.

There is no evidence in the record that the evergreen clause, which is a cost item, Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 243, 625 A.2d 1056, 1058-59 (1993), was ever submitted to and approved by the town voters.

Appeal of Milton School Dist., 137 N.H. 240, 248, 625 A.2d 1056, 1061 (1993).

at 334, 616 A.2d at 920-21 (citations omitted); see also Appeal of Milton School District, 137 N.H. 240, 243, 625 A.2d 1056, 1059 (1993) (“each year’s contract obviously contains cost items”).