{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Offer Closing & Contract Execution",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-004"
    ],
    "content": "# Offer Closing & Contract Execution\n\nFinal mutual execution of the formal employment agreement and start-date confirmation.\n\n### Pass Condition\nBoth parties sign offer contract and onboarding workflow is triggered.",
    "id": "B-012",
    "type": "barrier",
    "stage": "post-offer",
    "order": 14,
    "precedes": [],
    "description": "Final mutual execution of the formal employment agreement and start-date confirmation.",
    "pass_condition": "Both parties sign offer contract and onboarding workflow is triggered.",
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "Closing sequence",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "day 0",
            "text": "Contract issued for signature",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 1",
            "text": "Candidate signed",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 1",
            "text": "Countersignature pending",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "at": "day 4",
            "text": "Start date confirmed · onboarding workflow triggered",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "A signature from one side is not the gate. Until the countersignature lands the requisition is still open, which is where a late freeze can reach it."
      }
    ]
  }
}