Balance of working time and rest in remote working conditions

Abstract

The spread of digital technologies and electronic devices, the natural interest of businesses to save money on creating and equipping jobs, as well as the global COVID-19 pandemic provoked a sharp increase in remote labor for employees. The specifics of the organization of work using digital technologies, in the "home office", required the establishment of special rules for recording working hours in order to protect physical and mental health of employees and review existing legislative approaches to accounting for working hours spent outside of a stationary workplace. The authors, examining Russian legislation and practice of regulation of this issue in European countries, particularly Germany, propose to amend the Labour Code of the Russian Federation, stipulating provisions for the protection of leisure time and health of persons working in the mode of remote operation.