Appeal of Dumont

Memorandum Opinion

Brock, C.J.

This is an appeal by petition pursuant to RSA 541:6 by Mary Kay Dumont and Kathy Veloski of the decision of the New Hampshire Personnel Appeals Board (Board) denying their request for retroactive pay. We reverse.

In 1988, petitioners Mary Kay Dumont and Kathy Veloski both held positions titled counter clerk I in the bureau of title and anti-theft in the New Hampshire Department of Safety (DOS). In February of 1988, counter clerk I positions in another bureau of the DOS were reclassified and upgraded. However, the positions held by the petitioners were not upgraded…