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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

During 2018 we entered into a marketing agreement with an entity controlled by a consultant (who is also a principal shareholder and former noteholder of the Company). The agreement provides for payment to this entity of 10% of applicable revenue generated through the use of the entities database. The agreement also provides for the payment to us of 10% of the revenue generated by the entity using our social media groups. Through March 31, 2020 no fees were due or payable under this arrangement.

 

During 2019 we entered into a two year non-exclusive consulting agreement with a principal shareholder to act as Company's consultant with respect to introducing the Company to potential acquisition and partnership targets. The Company has agreed to pay the consultant a retainer of $10,000 per month as a non-recoverable draw against any finder fees earned. The Company has also agreed to pay the consultant the sum of $5,500 per month for three years ($198,000 total) as a finder's fee for introducing Genesys to the Company. This payment is included in the $10,000 monthly retainer payment. We have recorded consulting fees expense of $13,500 during the three months ended March 31, 2020. At March 31, 2020, $132,000 of the Genesys finder's fee is included in accrued compensation.

 

We use a related party firm of the Company, for software development and maintenance related to our website and the platform underlying our operations. The firm was formed outside of the United States solely for the purpose of performing services for the Company and has no other clients. Our Chief Technology Officer is an employee of this firm and exerts control over the firm. Payments to this firm were $60,979 and $49,854 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

  

We are a party to that certain license agreement with Genesys. An executive officer of the Company is a significant equity holder and a member of the Board of directors of Genesys. Pursuant to the License Agreement Genesys has granted us an exclusive license to use certain candidate matching software and render certain related services to us. The Company has agreed to pay to Genesys a monthly license fee of $5,000 beginning June 29, 2019 and an annual fee of $1,995 for each recruiter being licensed under the License Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 we charged to operating expenses $38,477 for services provided by Genesys. As of March 31, 2020, the Company owes Genesys $64,868 in payables.

 

Icon Information Consultants performs all of the back office and accounting roles for Recruiting Solutions. Icon Information Consultants then charges a fee for the services along with charging for office space (see Note 10). Icon Information Consultants and Icon Industrial Solutions (collectively "Icon") also provide "Employer of Record" ("EOR") services to Recruiting Solutions which means that they process all payroll and payroll tax related duties of temporary and contract employees placed at customer sites and is then paid a reimbursement and fee from Recruiting Solutions. A representative of Icon is a member of our board of directors. Icon Canada also acts as an EOR and collects the customer payments and remits the net fee back to Recruiting Solutions. Revenue related to customers processed by Icon Canada is recognized on a gross basis the same as other revenues and was $33,227 for the three months ended March 31, 2020. EOR costs related to customers processed by Icon Canada was $31,070 for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Currently, there is no intercompany agreement for those charges and they are calculated on a best estimate basis. As of March 31, 2020, the Company owes Icon $1,101,496 in payables and Icon Canada owes $6,498 to the Company. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we charged to cost of revenue $624,314 related to services provided by Icon as our employer of record. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we charged to operating expenses $70,941 related to management fees, rent and other administrative expense.

 

We also recorded placement revenue from Icon of $6,410 during the three months ended March 31, 2020, which is included in accounts receivable at March 31, 2020.