YES

# Compositional parallel rule labeling (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022).

Consider the left-linear TRS R:

  f(a()) -> f(f(a()))
  a() -> b()
  f(x) -> f(b())

Let C be the following subset of R:

  (empty)

All parallel critical peaks (except C's) are decreasing wrt rule labeling:

  phi(f(a()) -> f(f(a()))) = 2
  phi(a() -> b()) = 1
  phi(f(x) -> f(b())) = 2

  psi(f(a()) -> f(f(a()))) = 3
  psi(a() -> b()) = 2
  psi(f(x) -> f(b())) = 1


Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C.

# Compositional parallel critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022).

Consider the left-linear TRS R:

  (empty)

Let C be the following subset of R:

  (empty)

The parallel critical pair system PCPS(R,C) is:

  (empty)

All pairs in PCP(R) are joinable and PCPS(R,C)/R is terminating.
Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C.

# emptiness

The empty TRS is confluent.