A few years ago it was announced that Labour law is widely considered to be in crisis’. That crisis was deemed to have both external and internal dimensions. The external dimension concerned a number of attacks against the dominant provisions of labour law. There was the suggestion that labour law no longer fit with the reality of either economic conditions or the way in which labour relationships were constructed. It no longer covered those individuals in need of protection, in particular those left bereft by changes in economic conditions. Labour law had not moved with the (economic) times. Well-worn arguments that labour law provided an obstacle to efficiency, flexibility, and economic and social progress could be reasserted and they gained momentum.