A fixed baseline salary that is determined through a mutual employment agreement between an employer and an employee represents which specific category of organizational reward?

In compensation management, total rewards are broadly categorized based on how they are earned, accrued, and distributed: Rewards as Rights / Entitlements (Option A): These are non-variable rewards guaranteed to an employee by virtue of their employment contract and membership in the organization, irrespective of short-term performance fluctuations. A fixed baseline salary agreed upon mutually at the time of hiring belongs to this category because the employee is contractually entitled to receive it as long as they fulfill their basic job role requirements.