Digital economy is a quickly evolving area. The Internet today is present in every branch of economy and public administration. The benefits of electronic technology in everyday life inevitably affect their relevance in the world of work. Major employers already have some experience in converting individual HR documents into electronic form due to the introduction of HR corporate information systems. Modern digital technology cannot go past the world of work. Despite the fact that the labor legislation - or rather, personnel HR management procedures, are characterized by fundamental nature, they are quite archaic, they cannot remain unchanged in the process of global digitalization. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Russia has stated the need to conduct an experiment in the conversion to electronic document management in HR record management. The National Duma is considering several draft laws in this regard. However, life preceded these initiatives. During the period of restraining measures (quarantine), imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection (COVID-2019) the need for transformation of labor relations towards their digitalization became relevant naturally. However, one should not forget that the employee in labor relations is always deemed an economically weak side. It is important that when introducing new technologies, the laborer does not become one of the cogs in this machine. His rights when introducing electronic documents must be reliably protected, including on the legislative level. Accordingly, the digitalization of the world of work requires legislative changes.