Section 10 specifically addresses the use of successive fixed-term contracts by employers. The effect of this section is to provide that in future, following a period of continuous service of at least three years by a fixed-term employee, an employer may, in effect, renew a fixed-term contract once only. Thereafter, any further renewal of the fixed-term contract concerned shall be deemed to be a contract of indefinite duration. The thinking behind this is that a period of three years service, followed by one renewal, which can be of any duration, provides a linkage to permanency in an employment for fixed-term workers.