I am not saying otherwise, total working hours have increased, but if you divide by workers have decreased, https://elpais.com/economia/2023-05-03/las-horas-trabajadas-alcanzan-las-cotas-previas-a-la-gran-recesion-tras-dispararse-en-el-primer-trimestre.html .

But if there were manipulation of data the amount of hours wouldn’t increase. There is a difference in saying the data is manipulated and saying the data don’t tell you the whole story, one questions the data and good faith, the other questions the completeness of the analysis.

Furthermore, the unemployment rate doesn’t tell you the whole story because working hours and salaries. The later have not increased meaningfully in the last 20 years… meaning people actually need to work more to have the same life level.

What source are you using? This is EPA that is higher than the number of unemployment registered The comments about not finding spanish people…maybe not at the salary they want to pay… https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176918&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735976595

Stats are not perfect but they are not manipulated. People working less hours are still workers. Global working hours have also increased. Minijobs in Germany are similar.