CELEX: 62015CN0539
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-539/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2015 — Daniel Bowman v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

25.1.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 27/8
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 October 2015 — Daniel Bowman v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
   (Case C-539/15)
   (2016/C 027/10)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Oberster Gerichtshof
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Daniel Bowman
   
      Defendant: Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               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)
                        
                        
                           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,
                        
                     
                           b)
                        
                        
                           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?
                        
                     
         
      (1)  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).