Distant Work: Essence and Perspective of Legal Regulation in Ukraine

In the result of transition to the information-oriented society, the transformation of labour relations takes place, including the appearance of the distant forms of employment. The absence in the Ukrainian legislation of the "distant work" legal institution does not ensure the legality of the distant labour relations, using labour and making business. Thus, the attention of the authors is focused on defining the legal nature of distant work. Based on the analysis of opinions of the scientists on legislation of the USA, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the European Union and some other countries, the concept of separation of "distance work" and "home work" is developed. The progressive foreign experience of keeping a single state register of employers who create and provide jobs for the distant work and "distant workers" and its implementation in Ukraine are supported. The authors propose to enshrine in Ukrainian legislation the definition of distant work as a form of organizing the labour process and a type of employment based on removal of the workplace from the place of location of the employer, performed in special working time regime using information and communication technologies as the basis of organizational connections.