[
  {
    "employee_id": "120553",
    "effective_date": "2025-04-28",
    "name": "Rodelyn Villena",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 4.62 },
    "note": "va_rate was 0.00 in the database — bad data, blocked her pay entirely."
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120422",
    "effective_date": "2024-09-09",
    "name": "Dannica Mae Rayat",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 9.50, "client_rate": 10.50 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120587",
    "effective_date": "2025-07-30",
    "name": "Jessa Mae Marcelo",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 6.50, "client_rate": 9.00 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120132",
    "effective_date": "2022-10-25",
    "name": "Donna Bustamante",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 5.80 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120127",
    "effective_date": "2022-09-20",
    "name": "Jaylord Gellangarin",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 5.35 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120135",
    "effective_date": "2022-10-25",
    "name": "Ronald Panaligan",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 5.50 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120766",
    "effective_date": "2026-04-27",
    "name": "Rovel Gotera Jr",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 1137.00 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120738",
    "effective_date": "2026-04-07",
    "name": "Jayzeer Bronx Laurejas",
    "fields": { "va_rate": 1300.00 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120582",
    "effective_date": "2025-07-28",
    "name": "Nazaryl Manatad",
    "fields": { "client_rate": 14.00 }
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120695",
    "effective_date": "2026-01-26",
    "name": "John Hendrix Patricio",
    "fields": { "client_rate": 11.00 },
    "note": "Spreadsheet's 11.00 looks like an hourly figure, but this employee is billed Monthly (was 1906.67) — same shape of mismatch as employee 120696 right below. Confirm this is really the new monthly client rate before running, not a stray hourly reference number."
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120696",
    "effective_date": "2026-01-26",
    "name": "James Eduard Sajol",
    "fields": { "client_rate": 12.00 },
    "note": "Same caution as employee 120695 — spreadsheet's 12.00 looks hourly-shaped against a Monthly-billed client rate that was 2080.00. Confirm before running."
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120719",
    "effective_date": "2026-03-03",
    "name": "Cathren Marie Del Carmen",
    "fields": { "client_rate": 1400.00 },
    "note": "This account is cost_plus_fee billing (a flat add-on fee, was 150.00 — matches the $100-$150 flat-fee pattern every other cost_plus_fee row uses). Spreadsheet's 1400/mo looks like it may actually be a staff-rate figure that landed in the wrong column. Confirm before running."
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120803",
    "effective_date": "2026-07-22",
    "name": "Aiko Hucalinas",
    "fields": { "client_rate": 2695.24 },
    "note": "Currency (CAD) and frequency (Month) already match between spreadsheet and database — only the amount itself was stale (was 1354.00)."
  },
  {
    "employee_id": "120805",
    "effective_date": "2026-07-01",
    "name": "Hazel Velasco",
    "fields": { "client_code": "JCA02166" },
    "note": "Was NCG02176 in the database."
  }
]