The article analyzes the norms of labor law in terms of the mechanism for reclassifying relations on the performance of work, provision of services, formalized by civil law contracts, into employment relations. The features of employmen relations that are distinctive from civil legal relations are studied. Particular attention is paid to the draft law of Belarus, which proposes supplementing the Labor Code of Belarus with new articles 25-1 and 25-2, that enshrine the features of employmen relations and the mechanism for reclassifying civil law relations into employmen relations. Suggestions are made for improving labor legislation.