In re the State Employees' Ass'n of New Hampshire, Inc.

In this petition for a writ of certiorari, we are asked to determine whether differential pay scales applied to academic employees of the State depending upon their date of hire deny such academic employees equal pay for equal work contrary to (1) the equal protection guarantee of part I, articles 1 and 12 of the New Hampshire Constitution, or (2) RSA 98:13 and Slayton v. Personnel Commission, 117 N.H. 206, 371 A.2d 1159 (1977). For the reasons that follow, we answer question one in the negative, question two in the affirmative, and hold that the petitioners are entitled to retroactive pay…