Throughout, my employer, a recruitment agency, was very supportive with time off, shorter days and did not hesitate to renew my contract.

But as the disco bubble burst, they faded from the charts and the record company declined to renew their contract.

They didn't renew my contract, which they were absolutely entitled to do.

When her employer responded by refusing to renew her contract, she brought a complaint in an employment tribunal and lost.

Some clubs renew your contract automatically, locking you in for a further year.