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.