Coming from an Australian news source, it means even more.

AMERICANS work longer hours and are more productive than Australians, many Europeans and workers from other rich nations, a UN report has found.

The UN International Labour Organisation said the average Australian, Canadian and Japanese worker worked about 100 hours, or 2.5 weeks less than the average American per year.

Brazilians and British workers worked 250 hours, or more than five weeks less, while Germans worked roughly 500 hours, or 12.5 weeks less.

However, when measured as value added per hour worked, Norway had the highest labour productivity level per worker at $46.55, followed by the US at $43.66 and France at $42.99….

The ILO report, titled Key Indicators of the Labour Market, said the US still lead the world in productivity per person employed in 2006, despite a rapid increase of productivity in South East Asia where workers now produce twice as much as they did 10 years ago.

The acceleration of productivity growth in the US outpaced that of many other developed economies,  with $78, 255 of value added per person employed in 2006, followed by Ireland at $68,579, Luxembourg at $68,157 and Belgium, $67,660.

The ILO said the increase was mainly the result of companies combining capital, labour and technology more efficiently.

Have a Happy Labor Day, everyone!