# Desk log WFA-COST-20260823

**Status:** First-party illustrative sanitized composite; not payroll, employee, customer, research, benchmark, or independently validated data  
**Run date:** 2026-08-23  
**Evidence checked:** 2026-08-31  
**Operator:** InfiniSynapse Data Team  
**Attestor:** William Zhu, InfiniSynapse cofounder ([GitHub @allwefantasy](https://github.com/allwefantasy))

The operator tested contractor cash cost as a share of labor cost by EMEA cost-center family. The retained output displayed 14% and 18% for prior and current quarters and withheld two cells under the illustrative n-under-five rule.

The operator rejected a vendor-quality explanation because aggregate shares do not establish causation or supplier performance. No names, rates at person grain, invoices, denominators, group sizes, or customer outcomes are represented.

The [published CSV](https://infinisynapse.com/blog-media/workforce-analytics/downloads/contractor-share-WFA-COST-20260823.csv) exposes two shares and two blank suppression records. The [verification script](https://infinisynapse.com/blog-media/workforce-analytics/downloads/verify-WFA-COST-20260823.py) checks published outputs only.

External context: [NIST Privacy Framework](https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework), [U.S. EEOC AI initiative](https://www.eeoc.gov/ai), and [UK ICO employment data guidance](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/employment/) (retrieved 2026-08-31). These authorities did not review the run.