10.2 Compensation Eligibility

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Compensation Eligibility identifies whether governed work qualifies for compensation treatment under the applicable market rules, Cost Rules, qualification requirements, assignment records, and evidence obligations.

The Governed Node Service Market does not treat every activity performed by a qualified_node as compensation-eligible. A Qualified Node may perform technical activity, background activity, diagnostic activity, or unauthorised activity that does not qualify as governed work. Compensation Eligibility requires a recognised assignment to a Qualified Node, an accountable qualified_service_provider, an applicable governed function, a valid qualification_profile, applicable qualification_evidence, required Non-Functional Characteristics, and the required evidence for the work performed.

Compensation Eligibility also depends on compliance with policy, jurisdictional, residency, sovereignty, security, service-level, and market integrity constraints. A Work Performed Event does not by itself establish compensation eligibility when the work violates an applicable constraint, lacks required evidence, exceeds authorised scope, or reflects under-compliance.

Compensation Eligibility supports disciplined competition. Qualified Nodes compete for governed work only when they satisfy the same required obligations. A lower-cost provider does not become compensation-eligible by omitting evidence, weakening controls, bypassing policy, or performing work outside its recognised qualification.

The cost_recovery_compensation_and_settlement_plane uses compensation eligibility records to determine whether a compensation_claim should proceed to settlement treatment, rejection, review, adjustment, or dispute handling.

Example

A Qualified Node performs sanctions screening for an FX transaction. The work is compensation-eligible because the Node received a recognised assignment, the accountable Qualified Service Provider has a valid Qualification Profile, the Node satisfies the required securability, reliability, interoperability, and performance expectations, the work complies with the applicable jurisdictional and policy constraints, and the Node records the required work_performed_event and evidence_reference.