Digitalization of social and labor relations in a changing world: comparative legal analysis

Tyumen State University Herald. Social, Economic, and Law Research


Release:

2020, Vol. 6. № 4 (24)

Title: 
Digitalization of social and labor relations in a changing world: comparative legal analysis


For citation: Ivanchina Yu. V., Istomina Ye. A. 2020. “Digitalization of social and labor relations in a changing world: comparative legal analysis”. Tyumen State University Herald. Social, Economic, and Law Research, vol. 6, no. 4 (24), pp. 192-213. DOI: 10.21684/2411-7897-2020-6-4-192-213

About the authors:

Yulia V. Ivanchina, Dr. Sci. (Jur.), Associate Professor, Department of Labor Law, Ural State Law University (Ekaterinburg); Julia.ivanchina@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0001-9306-2216

Yelena A. Istomina, Cand. Sci. (Jur.), Associate Professor, Department of Labor Law, Ural State Law University (Ekaterinburg); eistomina2011@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0003-4984-7627

Abstract:

The onset of the information society and the digital economy is a natural stage in the development of any state. Informatization of all spheres of social life actualizes the issues of research of already established social relations and their legal regulation, taking into account a new element — their digital support. Employment relationships, as well as social security relationships, are no exception in terms of digital penetration.

Labor legislation and legislation on social security, being independent, are often implemented in a systemic relationship, since they are aimed at ensuring the quality of life of individuals. This relationship affects a variety of aspects: employment, the combination (balance) of work and family responsibilities, as well as private life and health care. This determines the potential for a comprehensive analysis of the labor and social rights of citizens in the context of digitalization.

The importance of such studies is all the more obvious because, in the context of the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the restrictions imposed, including social distancing, made it impossible, for many, both to carry out work activities and to apply for and receive social benefits. The preservation of the quality of life of the population of this state largely depends on the extent to which the state’s reaction, expressed externally in the form of adopted regulatory legal acts, corresponds to the current situation and helps to solve emerging problems.

This article, based on the comparative method of scientific research, shows the development of remote work in Russia and in foreign countries. The importance of information, information technologies and systems in the field of social security is analyzed. The spread of the new coronavirus infection has affected the whole world, and the experience of legal regulation, developed in states with different levels of development, can, taking into account its interpretation, be applied to a certain extent in Russian conditions. In addition, the article emphasizes that the law of any state should be oriented towards international standards in the relevant area.

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