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There is no evidence that suddenly the Dept. of Labor has changed its methods for determining the number of hours worked.

Perhaps this is part of it. The Fairpay Act was put in effect as of August 23, 2004. It limits and redefines overtime pay:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/fs17a_overview.htm

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And you think the DOL is unaware of that in calculating productivity? Please.

When you first posted to the effect that productivity only had gone up because people were working longer hours, you clearly were arguing on the assumption that productivity was equal to the total value of goods and services produced, no matter how long it took to produce them?

When I explained that the definition of productivity was the value of goods and services produced divided by the the number of hours worked, you switched to the "uncounted hours" theory.