Corporate Travel Down, Telecommuting Up

Telecommuting hit record highs and business travel dropped off dramatically as oil prices surged last summer, according to research firm TNS Global, which conducted two surveys for headset maker Plantronics. An astonishing 48 percent of all knowledge workers telecommuted at least one day per week, up sharply from 35 percent in the same period the previous year. Two-fifths reported cutbacks in travel at their corporations; more than a third said they had cut down on their own business travel.