[governsleastgovernsbest]

Wrong. Productivity is simply the value of goods/services produced by a worker divided by the number of hours worked.

[ARCADIA]

Productivity is simply the value of goods/services produced by a worker divided by the number of hours worked.

I am not disputing that. I am saying that the hours counted are the hours paid, not the hours that were actually put in. Do you really think that XYZ Inc. has a ledger that reads John Doe put in 60 hours last week, but we decided to pay him for 40?

[freedomcrusader]

But how are the hours worked counted?

If someone works 60 hours, but only 40 are counted, then ARCADIA's point holds.

If, on the other hand, all those hours are counted somehow (surveys or whatever), then you are correct.