Lawyer Ivan Soloviev: an employee can go to work remotely in a pandemic if he writes a statement 
An employee in a pandemic can go to a remote site a corresponding statement to the employer. Such a way to change the format of work was named by lawyer Ivan Solovyov for URA.RU.
Soloviev recalled the rule that 60 percent of staff during a pandemic should be transferred to remote work. According to the lawyer, an employee can write a statement with a request to transfer it to a remote location, in which it is necessary to justify the need to change the work format. However, the expert also emphasized that as a result of the transition to remote work, the employee's job responsibilities may change. If there are fewer of them, then the salary can be cut. “A person must be ready for this. If the employee was reasonably denied the transfer to remote work, then the court is unlikely to accept such a claim for consideration, “- said Solovyov.
The lawyer also noted that an employee working from home can request compensation for expenses. According to Solovyov, it is even beneficial for an employer to transfer staff to a remote location, since this format frees them from financial expenses for maintaining a place of work. “Again, an employee can request compensation for expenses for work, for telephone communications, for electricity, and this will be absolutely legal,” the expert emphasized.
But the head of the legal department of the Confederation of Labor of Russia Oleg Babich noted that the transition to work remotely is impossible if it is not spelled out in the employment contract. “If this is not spelled out, then there is no reason and the employer has no right to send an employee to work remotely,” the expert said.
Earlier, in October, a study showed that Russians prefer to work from home and do not seek to return to offices … 70 percent of surveyed employees would prefer to work remotely. Employers are also ready to meet their employees. 52 percent of managers surveyed said they intend to maintain a hybrid work format in 2022. Another study shows that Russians are less effective at telecommuting and are more likely to experience burnout.