{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Location or Timezone Compliance Constraint",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Location or Timezone Compliance Constraint\n\nCompany legal or tax entity cannot support remote employment contracts in candidate physical residency jurisdiction.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `policy`\n- **Nature:** `rule`\n- **Removability:** `intermediary`\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Legal geography barrier is completely independent of candidate technical competence.",
    "id": "M-014",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Company legal or tax entity cannot support remote employment contracts in candidate physical residency jurisdiction.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-002",
      "B-004"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-009",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "policy",
      "nature": "rule",
      "visibility": "observable",
      "removability": "intermediary"
    },
    "amplifies": [],
    "masks": [],
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "chat",
        "label": "Where the constraint actually sits",
        "lines": [
          {
            "speaker": "Recruiter",
            "at": "offer stage",
            "text": "Everything is agreed on our side. One question — you are resident where exactly?",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "speaker": "Candidate",
            "at": "offer stage",
            "text": "Same country as in my application, no change.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "speaker": "Recruiter",
            "at": "offer stage",
            "text": "Then I have bad news. We have no legal entity there and our provider does not cover it, so we cannot issue a contract regardless of the role.",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "A hard constraint that is knowable on day one and was checked at the offer. Nothing about the candidate is being assessed here."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Legal geography barrier is completely independent of candidate technical competence."
    ]
  }
}