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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 12 — 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 September 30, 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 and $40,500 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. We have recorded consulting fees expense of $13,500 and $225,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. At September 30, 2020, $115,500 of the Genesys finder’s fee and $13,500 of monthly fee expense 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 $55,135 and $30,729 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Payments to this firm were $173,515 and $125,517 for the nine months ended September 30, 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2020 we charged to operating expenses $40,114 and $127,044, respectively, for services provided by Genesys. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 we charged to operating expenses $34,581 and $41,077, respectively, for services provided by Genesys. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owes Genesys $49,188 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 11). 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 $35,519 and $104,837 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and was $82,487 and $172,568 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. EOR costs related to customers processed by Icon Canada was $33,212 and $98,066 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and was $76,402 and $161,362 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Currently, there is no intercompany agreement for those charges and they are calculated on a best estimate basis. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owes Icon $670,681 in payables and Icon Canada owes $9,369 (included in accounts receivable) to the Company. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we charged to cost of revenue $189,425 and $1,078,667, respectively, related to services provided by Icon as our employer of record. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we charged to cost of revenue $580,794 and $1,289,969, respectively, related to services provided by Icon as our employer of record. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we charged to operating expenses $70,450 and $200,178, respectively, related to management fees, rent and other administrative expense. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we charged to operating expenses $64,377 and $117,190, respectively, related to management fees, rent and other administrative expense.


We also recorded placement revenue from Icon of $7,919 and $21,349 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, of which $13,744 is included in accounts receivable at September 30, 2020.