The article reveals the legal regulation and specifics of the use of remote work in martial law. Defining the role of remote work in these emergency conditions, its special meaning for the preservation of labor relations and the organization of relative work safety.
 The proper legal regulation of the institute of remote work at the level of the Labor Code and other legislative acts of Ukraine, which ensures the legal definition of remote work, the procedure and conditions of its application, requirements for the form and content of the employment contract and more. It is noted that the presence of a standard form of employment contract for remote work indicates that the parties have no right to deviate from the content of the employment contract, but may specify its terms.
 Peculiarities of remote work are determined according to the following criteria: procedure of application, workplace, restrictions in application, mode of operation, provision of means of production, equipment, software and hardware, working hours, guarantee of rest time.
 The influence of the legal regime of martial law on the introduction of temporary changes in the organization of labor relations, which affected the order of introduction of remote work, is substantiated. First of all, it concerns the possibility of its application by order (order) of the employer, without concluding a written employment contract and without notifying the employee of changes in significant working conditions, as required by law in peacetime.
 The transformation of the legal regulation of working hours and rest time of the employee is indicated: the procedure for setting the start and end time of work has been changed, now this right belongs to the employer; increased normal and reduced working hours of employees; the duration of annual paid leave is limited to 24 calendar days and the provision of certain types of leave to employees involved in critical infrastructure; the application of the norms of certain articles of the Labor Code, which regulate working hours and rest time, has been stopped.