The Role of Telework in Digital Economy

Abstract

The article discusses the main prerequisites and reasons for the qualitative changes in labor relations in the conditions of the digital economy, namely: the nature of labor resources, the degree of labor mobility, labor potential, and working conditions. The article examines and analyzes what caused the emergence and use of the global Internet in the labor market, as well as the impact of the digitalization of the world economy, its globalization and internationalization on the labor market. The model of functioning of telework which visually shows how the process of telework is formed is constructed, the interested parties included in activity on telework, resources necessary for development of model and results which can be expected in the general, short-term and long-term period after the model is realized are designated. The transformation of the modern labor market and labor relations has led to many contradictions (legal, ethical), but also to a number of advantages, which are identified and analyzed in the article. In conclusion, the author analyzed the current state of the labor market and labor resources in Russia.