The Conversation:
Fact check: Are British workers less productive than Germans and French?
24 February 2015
It takes on average a British worker to Friday to do what equivalent workers in Germany and France will complete by the end of Thursday afternoon.
Chuka Umunna, Labour's shadow business secretary
It's true to say that on the basis of GDP per hour, British workers are less productive than those in Germany and France, so much so that they would finish by Thursday what a Brit would do by Friday. But as UK employees work more hours over the year than those in France and Germany, and there is a high rate of employment, it's important to put these numbers in context.
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