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Amount of commitment classified as other to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of commitment classified as other to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of commitment classified as other to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of commitment classified as other to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of commitment classified as other to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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The amount of annual service fee for providing employment consulting services.

No definition available.

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The amount of bonus expressed as a percentage on net revenue excluding revenue from direct response television and endorsement revenue.

No definition available.

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The amount of bonus expressed as a percentage on net revenue through direct response television.

No definition available.

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The amount of bonus expressed as a percentage on net revenue through third party projects undertaken by the company.

No definition available.

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The amount which should be taken as base to reduce the base pay for calculation of initial year cash bonus.

No definition available.

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Maximum number of Monday bonus eligible per calendar year.

No definition available.

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Maximum percentage of ownership interest should be held in investments during the restricted period.

No definition available.

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The amount of Monday bonus paid per appearance.

No definition available.

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Represents the period for which the related party has been employed by the company's ERP system.

No definition available.

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The period of salary taken as base for computation of terminal compensation.

No definition available.

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The period for which the employee is restricted to do similar business or activity after the termination of employment.

No definition available.

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The Period of restriction for solicit business relations post termination.

No definition available.

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The amount which should be taken as base to reduce the base pay for calculation of cash bonus in subsequent years.

No definition available.

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The period for which the entity has the option to extension the agreement.

No definition available.