86As regards the first ground put forward as justification by the Austrian Government, it should be noted that, according to the Court’s settled case-law, rewarding experience acquired in a particular field, which enables the worker to perform the tasks conferred on him, constitutes a legitimate objective of pay policy (judgment of 14 March 2018, Stollwitzer, C‑482/16, EU:C:2018:180, paragraph 39).
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