It can no longer be denied that the centre of gravity in labour relations worldwide has shifted from governments to multinational companies and financial institutions. Accordingly, in contrast to traditional 舖international law舗, which focuses on relations among nations and how they apply international conventions, a new approach is required: one of 舖transnational law舗, which implies a horizontal perspective across world institutions, revealing new formulas of private regulation of economic and production relations. Nowhere is this perspective more important than in the applications of labour law.