26/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - Luxembourg fails occasional workers in entertainment industry. On Thursday 26 February, the European Court of Justice held that (C-238/14) specific Luxembourg legislation on the employment of occasional workers in the entertainment arts field did not comply with Community law. Although Luxembourg law provides that the duration of fixed-term contracts may not, in respect of the same employee, exceed 24 months inclusive of renewals, a separate provision of Luxembourg law provides, however, that fixed-term contracts concluded by occasional workers in the entertainment arts may be renewed more than twice, even for a total duration exceeding 24 months, without being deemed to be permanent contracts. There is quite simply no objective reason for such a situation, which is effectively the abusive use of fixed term contracts, according to the European Court of Justice in its ruling. (Jan Kordys)