From January 1, 2021, amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation regulating remote (remote) work are in force. The new approaches of the legislator to the interaction of the employer and the remote (remote) employee in the conditions of digitalization are considered. The new rules have significantly clarified such key points for the remote format as the procedure for electronic interaction on employment, changes and termination of employment relations. The analysis of legally significant messages as facts of economic life, including the time of their delivery, the risks of participants in the relevant relations, is carried out. A comparative analysis of the use of digital approaches to the regulation of legally significant messages in civil, tax, and procedural legislation is carried out.