More people are working remotely, and they're spending longer at it as well.
Those are some of the findings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "American Time Use Survey," reports the Society for Human Resource Management, which says that experts point to tough commutes, shrinking office space, and technology advances as contributing to the trend.
The survey says that "in 2015, 38 percent of workers in management, business, and financial operations occupations and 35 percent of those employed in professional and related occupations did some or all of their work from home."
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