Case C-539/15. Age Discrimination:

Daniel Bowman –v– Pensionsversicherungsanstalt, reference lodged by the Austrian Oberster Gerichtshof on 15 October 2015

Is Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in conjunction with Article 2(1) and (2) and Article 6 of Council Directive 2000/78/EC, 1 and also having regard to Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be interpreted as meaning that

a provision in a collective agreement which provides for a longer period for incremental advancement for employment at the start of a career, thereby making it more difficult to advance to the next salary step, constitutes an indirect difference in treatment based on age,
and, if such is the case, that such a rule is appropriate and necessary in the light of the limited professional experience at the start of a career?