The relevance of the conference materials publication is due to the need to reform the Russian social and labor legislation in connection with the emergence of new economic relations in our country in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, which means the transition to the digital economy. The purpose of the conference is to analyze numerous aspects related to the formation of optimal and effective legal regulation of labor of various categories of employees in connection with the widespread use of information technologies. The conference participants in their speeches convincingly demonstrated the need to use new approaches in modern legal regulation of labor, including social protection of labor market participants.