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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Under a technology services agreement entered into on January 17, 2020, we use a related party firm of the Company, Recruiter.com Mauritius, for software development and maintenance related to our website and Platform underlying our operations. This was an oral arrangement prior to January 17, 2020. The initial term of the Services Agreement is five years, whereupon it shall automatically renew for additional successive 12-month terms until terminated by either party by submitting a 90-day prior written notice of non-renewal. The firm was formed outside of the United States solely for the purpose of performing services for the Company and has no other clients. The consultant to the Company, who was our Chief Technology Officer until July 15, 2021, and thereafter our Chief Web Officer until August 23, 2023, is an employee of Recruiter.com Mauritius and exerts control over Recruiter.com Mauritius. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Recruiter.com Mauritius fees in the amount equal to the actualized documented costs incurred by Recruiter.com Mauritius in rendering the services pursuant to the Services Agreement, expenses to this firm were $0 and $8,636 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and expenses to this firm were $27,041 and $25,407 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These Expenses are included in product development expense in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

    

We were a party to that certain license agreement with Genesys. An executive officer of Genesys is a significant equity holder and a member of our Board of directors. Pursuant to the License Agreement Genesys has granted us an exclusive license to use certain candidate matching software and renders certain related services to us. The Company has agreed to pay to Genesys (now called Opptly) a monthly license fee of $5,000 beginning September 29, 2019 and an annual fee of $1,995 for each recruiter being licensed under the License Agreement along with other fees that might be incurred. The Company has also agreed to pay Opptly monthly sales subscription fees beginning September 5, 2019 when Opptly assisted with closing a recruiting program. During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 respectively, no operating expenses were provided by Opptly. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we charged to operating expense $0 and $19,825 for services provided by Opptly.  The license agreement expired on March 31, 2022 and was not renewed.

 

An employer of a director utilized the Company for services during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 in the amount of $0 and $6,000, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 in the amount of $0 and $6,000, respectively.