{
  "title": "PEO payroll correction and responsibility records for AI",
  "source_page": "https://fiund.com/industries/peo-correction-authorization-data",
  "authorship": "Original fictional Fiund editorial exercise. No actual operating records or third-party source assets are included.",
  "example": {
    "title": "A client correction request is distinct from payroll-team approval",
    "context": "A fictional PEO-client workflow uses abstract fields and a closed practice period. It contains no wage, worker, tax identifier, employer agreement or actual payroll action.",
    "records": [
      [
        "PE1",
        "Original approval matrix",
        "Client role REQUESTER may submit corrections. PEO role APPROVER must sign closed-period adjustments. No client role may self-approve under the fixture."
      ],
      [
        "PE2",
        "Request R1",
        "Closed period P1, abstract field CODE changes A to B. Client REQUESTER submits; intake ticket confirms receipt only."
      ],
      [
        "PE3",
        "Two messages",
        "Message M1 from client REQUESTER says approved. Message M2 from PEO APPROVER says review pending; no signed adjustment event."
      ]
    ],
    "question": "Which records establish a received request, and does either message satisfy the supplied closed-period approval rule?",
    "answer": "PE2 establishes receipt of R1's correction request. PE1 reserves approval to the PEO APPROVER role, so PE3's client self-approval does not satisfy the matrix. The correct PEO role's message still says review pending and is not a signed approval. Report the requested A-to-B change and missing approval separately without applying it, deciding wages or inferring employment or tax consequences.",
    "failureModes": [
      "Treating a client-submitted ticket as an approved adjustment.",
      "Accepting the word approved without checking sender authority, or treating pending review as approval."
    ],
    "fields": [
      [
        "Client, request and closed period",
        "Defines the adjustment."
      ],
      [
        "Sender role and approval matrix",
        "Supports authority matching."
      ],
      [
        "Requested field and signed-event state",
        "Separates intake from authorization."
      ]
    ],
    "holdout": "Add a PEO APPROVER signature for another period. Require the role match to be recognized while period authority remains unmatched.",
    "boundary": "Use original fictitious records and validated responsibility rules. Exclude employee files, wages and tax data; qualified staff retain payroll and legal decisions."
  }
}