Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July
8, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Lighthouse Placement Services,
LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “Company”) and an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“Buyer” and, collectively with Buyer’s successors and assigns and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, including the Company, the “Covered Parties”), and
David Fogel (hereinafter, “Executive”), whose principal address is set forth
underneath Executive’s name on the signature page hereto. The Company agrees to
employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company as of
the date hereof upon the terms and conditions set forth below. Capitalized terms
used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Purchase Agreement”), by and among Executive, Alison Fogel (the “Other
Seller”), the Company and Buyer.

 

1.            Terms of Employment.

 

(a)          Title and Duties. Commencing on the Effective Date upon the
Closing, Executive shall be employed by the Company in the position of Vice
President. Executive shall perform such duties as is customary for such position
and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned by the Company’s
Board of Managers or Managing Member (as applicable, the “Board”) or Executive’s
direct report. Executive will report directly to the Vice President of
Professional Entities for Monroe Staffing, or such other individual as
designated by Buyer. Executive acknowledges that the Company does not have any
legal officers, and as such, Executive is not an executive officer of the
Company and Executive’s title of Vice President is solely an employment title.

 

(b)          General Obligations of Executive. Executive hereby agrees that
during the Term of this Agreement he will devote all of his working time and
attention and give his best effort and skill to the business of the Company, and
that he will perform in good faith to the best of his abilities such services as
may from time to time be assigned to him by the Covered Parties, and shall use
his best efforts to further enhance and develop the business of the Company.
Executive agrees that he will give full attention to and comply with all lawful
rules and procedures as may be from time to time promulgated by the Covered
Parties as applicable to the Company.

 

(c)          Restrictions on Executive. Executive shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Company or Buyer, at any time during the Term of this
Agreement: (i) accept employment with, or render services of a business,
professional or commercial nature to, any Person other than the Covered Parties;
(ii) engage in, own or provide financial or other assistance to any Person,
venture or activity which the Company may in good faith consider to be
competitive with or adverse to the Covered Parties, whether directly or
indirectly, alone or with any other Person as a principal, agent, shareholder,
participant, partner, promoter, director, officer, manager, employee,
consultant, sales representative or otherwise; or (iii) engage in any venture or
activity which the Company may in good faith consider to interfere with
Executive’s performance of his duties. Executive shall make full and prompt
written disclosure to the Company of any business opportunity of which he
becomes aware and which relates to the business of the Covered Parties;
provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to (x)
ownership of up to three percent (3%) of the securities of a publicly owned
entity or (y) the ability of Executive to sit on the board of a charitable or
education non-profit organization, so long as such activities do not negatively
impact Executive’s performance of his obligations on behalf of the Covered
Parties.

 

 

 

 

2.            Duration of Employment.

 

(a)          Unless sooner terminated pursuant to Section 4, the Company will
employ Executive, and Executive will serve the Company, under the terms of this
Agreement, for a term of two (2) years commencing on the Effective Date (as it
may be extended in accordance with the terms hereof, the “Term”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, either the Company or Executive may elect in such
party’s sole discretion by providing written notice (the “Extension Notice”) to
the other party at least thirty (30) days prior to the second (2nd) anniversary
of the Effective Date, to extend the Term of this Agreement for an additional
one (1) year period; provided, that, if such Extension Notice is delivered by
the Company, Executive and the Other Seller may together elect, by providing
joint written notice to the Company within twenty (20) days after Executive’s
receipt of the Extension Notice, to instead elect to extend the term of the
Employment Agreement between the Other Seller and the Company (the “Other Seller
Employment Agreement”) for an additional one (1) year period instead of
extending the Term of this Agreement in accordance with the Extension Notice
(for the avoidance of doubt, if the Company or the Other Seller exercises a
similar right under the Other Seller Employment Agreement to extend to the term
thereof for an additional one (1) year period, unless otherwise agreed by
Executive, the Other Seller and the Company, only one of this Agreement or the
Other Seller Employment Agreement will be extended pursuant to such notices, and
not both).

 

(b)          For the avoidance of doubt, if Executive continues to be employed
by the Company after the expiration of the Term (as it may be extended in
accordance with Section 2(a)), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company
and Executive, such employment of Executive shall be “at will”.

 

3.            Compensation and Benefits.

 

(a)          Salary. The Company agrees to pay Executive an annual salary of One
Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) (the “Salary”). Any upward adjustments
from time to time to the Salary shall be made at the sole and absolute
discretion of the Board. The annual Salary is payable in installments in
accordance with the Company’s regular payroll cycle, and in no event less
frequently than bi-weekly (26 equal installments), less the usual customary and
lawful deductions.

 

(b)          Annual Bonus. In addition to the Salary, for each calendar year of
the Company during the Term, Executive shall be eligible to earn and to
participate in annual bonus opportunities made available to Executive by the
Company (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company, as determined by
the Board, and approved by Buyer) (an “Annual Bonus”). Any Annual Bonus earned
by Executive hereunder and declared payable by the Company’s Board and approved
by Buyer shall be paid no later than ninety (90) days of the commencement of the
following calendar year. Except as set forth in Section 4, in order to receive
an Annual Bonus under this Section 3(b) for any calendar year, Executive must be
employed on the date when bonuses for such year are payable to employees of the
Company generally.

 

(c)          Benefits. Executive (and Executive’s immediate family) shall be
entitled to participate in any health, welfare and other benefit programs
adopted and/or made available from time to time by the Company for the benefit
of its senior employees; provided, that the benefits provided to Executive shall
not contain less coverage or be less favorable to Executive than those provided
to Executive by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Date as disclosed
to Buyer in writing in connection with the Purchase Agreement. These include the
payment by the Company of 100% of the costs of health insurance premiums, the
cost of maintaining Executive’s primary car used by Executive for business
transportation and gas, tolls and other reasonable travel expenses incurred by
Executive in connection with the business.

 

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(d)          Stock Incentives. Executive shall be entitled to participate in any
and all stock incentive programs offered to senior executives of Buyer that are
consistent with those provided to senior executives of Buyer.

 

(e)          Paid Time Off. Executive shall be entitled to vacation and other
paid time off in accordance with the Company’s standard vacation and paid time
off policies; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be
entitled to no less than twenty-five (25) paid vacation days each calendar year,
plus customary paid holidays consistent with Company policies. Vacation time
shall accrue monthly on a pro-rata basis over the course of a calendar year.

 

(f)          Business Expenses. The Company shall promptly reimburse Executive,
or directly pay, for any and all customary and usual expenses, properly
documented with receipts in accordance with the Company’s policies and
procedures, incurred by Executive on behalf of the Company, including expenses
incurred by Executive in connection with (i) the use of a mobile phone by
Executive, (ii) the entertainment of customers and potential customers and (iii)
business travel by Executive; provided, that Executive shall have obtained
Company’s prior approval with respect to any expenses that are not in the
ordinary course of business. Executive, and not the Company, shall be entitled
to keep his current mobile phone number.

 

(g)          Proration. Other than any Annual Bonus, any payments or benefits
payable to Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which
Executive is employed by the Company for less than the entire year, unless
otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement (or is not payable upon
termination under the relevant provision of Section 4), shall be prorated in
accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which he is so
employed.

 

4.            Termination of Executive’s Employment; Compensation upon
Termination. Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company
or Executive, as applicable, without any breach of this Agreement, as follows:

 

(a)          Death. Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically
terminate upon his death. In such event, the Company shall pay to such Person as
shall have been designated in a notice filed with the Company prior to
Executive’s death, or, if no such Person shall have been designated, to his
estate, without duplication: (i) Executive’s earned and accrued but unpaid
Salary through the Date of Termination (as defined below); (ii) all of
Executive’s accrued and unused vacation days or other paid time off; (iii) all
other fringe benefits (other than any benefit described in any other clause of
this Section 4(a)) payable to Executive under the terms of any Company benefit
plan as of the Date of Termination (items (i) through (iii) collectively,
“Accrued Compensation and Benefits”); (iv) any Annual Bonus for a completed
calendar year which has been earned by Executive and declared payable by the
Company’s Board and approved by Buyer, but not yet paid to Executive as of the
Date of Termination (a “Declared Bonus”); and (v) any payments which Executive’s
spouse, beneficiaries or estate may be entitled to receive pursuant to any
insurance policy, benefit plan or other arrangement maintained by or on behalf
of the Company as a death benefit for Executive’s behalf.

 

(b)          Disability. If, as a result of Executive’s physical or mental
incapacity (as determined by a qualified independent physician selected by the
Board that is reasonably acceptable to Executive (or Executive’s legal
representative)), Executive shall have been unable, with reasonable
accommodation, to perform the essential functions of his duties and
responsibilities hereunder on a full-time basis for either (i) ninety (90)
consecutive calendar days, or (ii) one hundred and thirty-five (135) calendar
days within any three hundred and sixty (360) consecutive calendar days, and, at
the end of such 90 or 135 day period, as the case may be, Executive shall not
have returned to the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder on
a full-time basis (“Disability”), the Company may terminate Executive’s
employment under this Agreement. Executive agrees to cooperate with the
independent physician in providing information and submitting to medical
examinations and tests. During any period that Executive fails to perform his
duties and responsibilities hereunder as a result of physical or mental
incapacity, Executive shall continue to receive his Salary until Executive’s
employment is terminated for Disability in accordance with this Section 4(b).
Upon such termination, Executive shall receive, without duplication,: (i) the
Accrued Compensation and Benefits; (ii) any Declared Bonus; (iii) any disability
insurance benefits Executive is entitled to receive; and (iv) all other benefits
required by any federal or state law requiring continuation of benefits,
including COBRA insurance benefits.

 

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(c)          Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate Executive’s
employment under this Agreement with or without Cause (as defined below). If
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, the Company shall
pay Executive his Accrued Compensation and Benefits. If the Company terminates
Executive’s employment without Cause (other than due to death or Disability),
Executive shall receive, without duplication: (i) the Accrued Compensation and
Benefits and any Declared Bonus, to be paid in one lump sum amount within five
(5) Business Days after the Date of Termination; (ii) severance in an amount
equal to the greater of (A) Executive’s full annual Salary, or (B) Executive’s
full annual Salary for the remainder of the Term (the “Severance Payment”), to
be paid in one lump sum amount by the earlier of (x) thirty (30) days after the
Date of Termination and (y) one (1) Business Day after the expiration of any
applicable revocation period for the Release (defined below) (but no earlier
than five (5) Business Days after the Date of Termination); and (iii) all other
benefits required by any federal or state law requiring continuation of
benefits, including COBRA insurance benefits. Further, the Company shall not
contest any claim by Executive for unemployment benefits in the event the
Company terminates the Executive without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good
Reason.

 

(d)          Resignation by Executive. Executive may resign and terminate his
employment under this Agreement for any or no reason. If Executive’s employment
is terminated by Executive without Good Reason, the Company shall pay Executive
his Accrued Compensation and Benefits. If Executive shall resign and terminate
his employment hereunder for Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive
the same amounts as if the Company had terminated his employment without Cause
under Section 4(c) above, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(e)          Requirements for Severance Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, payment of all or any portion of the Severance Payment by the
Company under Section 4(c) or 4(d) above is conditioned on (i) Executive
executing and delivering to the Company a customary release of all employment
related claims against the Company and its Affiliates in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Company and Executive (the “Release”) and (ii)
continued compliance by Executive with the terms of the Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by Executive and the
Other Seller in favor of the Company and Buyer (the “Non-Competition
Agreement”). In no event will any portion of the Severance Payment be paid
before the Release becomes effective under applicable law upon expiration of any
applicable revocation period.

 

(f)          Other Provisions Related to Termination.

 

(i)          Date of Termination. Any termination of Executive’s employment by
the Company or by Executive (other than termination because of the death of
Executive) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other
party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) a “Notice of Termination”
shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in
this Agreement relied upon and, if other than a termination by the Company
without Cause or a termination by Executive without Good Reason shall set forth
in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated; and (ii)
the “Date of Termination” shall mean: (A) if Executive’s employment is
terminated by his death, the date of his death; (B) if Executive’s employment is
terminated because of a Disability pursuant to Section ‎ 4(b), when the Notice
of Termination is given; (C) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company for Cause or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, then,
subject to Section 4(g), the date specified in the Notice of Termination; (D)
the date on which the Term expires if the parties do not otherwise extend the
Term of this Agreement; and (E) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company without Cause, then thirty (30) days after a Notice of Termination is
given.

 

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(ii)         Cause. Upon the occurrence of an event or circumstance constituting
Cause described in Section 4(g)(i)‎ (including any applicable notice and cure
periods set forth therein), the Company may terminate Executive’s employment
hereunder for Cause at any time within thirty (30) days thereafter (provided,
that with respect to clauses (A) and (C), the Company may terminate for Cause
within thirty (30) days after it has received written notice of the occurrence
of such event or circumstance) by giving a Notice of Termination to Executive to
that effect. If the Company does not give such Notice of Termination to
Executive within such 30-day period, then this Agreement will remain in effect
and the Company shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement for Cause for
such event; provided, however, that the failure of the Company to terminate this
Agreement for Cause shall not be deemed a waiver of the right of the Covered
Parties to seek damages or any other remedy to which the Covered Parties are
entitled on account of any breach by Executive of this Agreement or any other
agreement between the Executive and any Covered Party or any right on the part
of the Company to terminate Executive for Cause upon the occurrence of a
subsequent or other event or circumstance constituting Cause described in
Section 4(g)(i) (including any applicable notice and cure periods set forth
therein) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(iii)        Good Reason. Upon the occurrence of an event or circumstance
constituting Good Reason described in Section ‎ 4(g)(ii) (including any
applicable notice and cure periods set forth therein), Executive may terminate
his employment hereunder for Good Reason at any time within thirty (30) days
thereafter by giving a Notice of Termination to the Company to that effect. If
Executive does not give such Notice of Termination to the Company within such
30-day period, then this Agreement will remain in effect and Executive shall not
be entitled to terminate this Agreement for Good Reason for such event;
provided, however, that the failure of Executive to terminate this Agreement for
Good Reason shall not be deemed a waiver of Executive’s right to seek damages or
any other remedy to which Executive is entitled on account of any breach by the
Company of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company or its
Affiliates and Executive or any right on the part of Executive to terminate his
employment for Good Reason upon the occurrence of a subsequent or other event or
circumstance constituting Good Reason described in Section ‎ 4(g)(ii) (including
any applicable notice and cure periods set forth therein) in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)          Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term:

 

(i)          “Cause” shall mean (A) Executive being convicted of, or entering a
guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, any felony or any other crime
involving fraud or dishonesty, (B) any act of moral turpitude by Executive, (C)
the refusal by Executive, after explicit written notice (including via email
sent to Executive’s primary Company email address), to perform any reasonable
instruction of the Company, (D) the commission by Executive of any fraud,
embezzlement or misappropriation of any funds or property, (E) Executive’s
material breach of his obligations under this Agreement or the Non-Competition
Agreement or (F) Executive’s failure to adhere to any lawful written policy of
the Covered Parties applicable to Executive or the Company in any material
respect; provided, that with respect to clauses (C), (E) and (F) above, such
failure to perform, material beach or failure to adhere, if capable of cure,
shall not have been cured by Executive within thirty (30) days after Executive’s
receipt of notice of such failure to perform, material beach or failure to
adhere.

 

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(ii)         “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, without Executive’s
written consent, of any of the circumstances or events set forth below in items
(I) through (V) of this Section ‎ 4(g)(ii) where, in each case, (A) Executive
has provided written notice to the Company describing such circumstances or
events within thirty (30) days after Executive’s actual knowledge of the
occurrence of any such circumstance or events and indicating that Executive
deems such circumstances or events to constitute Good Reason unless cured in
accordance with this subsection and (B) if curable, the Company fails to cure
such circumstances or events constituting Good Reason within thirty (30) days
after receipt of such notice from Executive: (I) a material and continuing
diminution of Executive’s duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, (II)
the relocation of the primary office in which Executive is based to a location
that is more than thirty (30) miles away (in any direction) from Haverhill,
Massachusetts, (III) a material breach of this Agreement by the Company,
including a reduction in Executive’s Salary or material benefits which are fixed
under the terms of this Agreement, or the failure to pay Executive any Salary,
Annual Bonus or other material compensation when due (after being determined in
accordance with this Agreement), (IV) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as
defined in either Note) or (V) a breach of Buyer’s obligations or the Company’s
post-Closing obligations set forth in the Purchase Agreement, in either case, in
any material respect.

 

(h)          Effect of Termination on Other Agreements. In the event that either
(x) the Company terminates Executive’s employment under this Agreement without
Cause (other than due to death or Disability) or (y) Executive terminates his
employment under this Agreement for Good Reason, then:

 

(i)          so long as there remain any unpaid obligations under either Note as
of the Date of Termination:

 

(A)         for purposes of determining Buyer’s obligations to Executive (but
not the Other Seller) under each Note, the TFQ Gross Profit (as defined in such
Note) for any fiscal quarter ending after the Date of Termination shall be
deemed for purposes of such Note to be greater than the Target Gross Profit (as
defined in such Note); and

 

(B)         for purposes of determining Buyer’s obligations to the Other Seller
under each Note, for periods from and after the Date of Termination, the Target
Gross Profit shall be reduced by twenty percent (20%) (with the percentage
reduction in the Target Gross Profit for any TFQ (as defined in such Note) in
which the Date of Termination occurs being pro-rated so that such percentage
reduction is equal to (I) twenty percent (20%), multiplied by (II) the number of
days in the TFQ from and after the Date of Termination, and divided by (III) the
total number of days in the TFQ);

 

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(ii)         if (A) such termination was by Executive for Good Reason pursuant
to clause (IV) of the definition thereof due to Buyer’s breach of its
obligations under either Note to pay or otherwise satisfy any amounts due under
such Note when due (after giving effect to Section 4(h)(i) above), or (B) after
the Date of Termination, Buyer breaches its obligations under either Note to pay
or otherwise satisfy any amounts due under such Note when due (after giving
effect to Section 4(h)(i) above), which breach in the case of either of the
preceding clauses (A) or (B), as applicable, is not cured within ninety (90)
days after written notice of such breach is received by Buyer from Executive (in
the case of clause (A), such notice being deemed to be the notice given by
Executive pursuant to clause (A) of the definition of Good Reason), then
Executive’s obligations under Section 1 of the Non-Competition Agreement (but,
for the avoidance of doubt, not (x) Section 2 or any other Section of the
Non-Competition Agreement or (y) any obligations of the Other Seller under the
Non-Competition Agreement) shall cease and be of no further force and effect;
provided, that the foregoing will not release Executive from liability for any
breaches of Section 1 of the Non-Competition Agreement (or any other Section
thereof) prior to the date of cessation of Section 1 of the Non-Competition
Agreement pursuant to this Section 4(h)(ii).

 

5.            Intellectual Property and Common Code. As used herein,
“Intellectual Property” means any invention, concept, design, work, plan,
product, equipment, idea, improvement, patent, patent application, copyright,
copyright application, work of authorship, mask work, any trademark, service
mark, trade dress, brand name, business name or logo (including, in each case,
appurtenant goodwill), trade secret, Proprietary Information, method, internet
domain name, internet domain name registration, web site, web page, computer
program, software (whether source code or object code), system design, hardware,
manual, manuscript, or other documentation, or other thing, tangible or
intangible, stored or saved in any medium now or heretofore known, or any
improvements thereof which is, was or will be: (i) made, developed or conceived,
wholly or partially, solely by Executive or jointly with others during the Term;
(ii) made, developed, or conceived at any time, wholly or partially and/or along
or with others, as the result of any task assigned to Executive or any work
performed by Executive for or on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates; (iii)
conceived, created or developed by Executive, wholly or partially and/or alone
or with others, during working hours or on the premises of the Company or its
Affiliates or using material or property provided by the Company or its
Affiliates during the Term, even if having possibly been conceived, created or
developed prior to the Term but completed during the Term; and/or (iv) made or
developed with the use of the Company’s or its Affiliate’s facilities or
equipment. The parties hereto expressly agree that any such Intellectual
Property shall be considered a work made for hire. To the extent that any such
Intellectual Property is deemed not to be a work made for hire, Executive hereby
irrevocably grants, assigns, transfers, and conveys to the Company or its
designee all rights, title, and interest in and to all Intellectual Property,
and hereby irrevocably waives all moral rights in any Intellectual Property.
Executive further agrees that, during and at any time after the Term, Executive
shall execute any and all further documents necessary or advisable to effectuate
such assignment solely to the Company or its nominees, and shall cooperate in
every lawful fashion to effectuate such assignment.

 

6.            Return of the Company Property. In addition to Confidential
Information, the Company or its Affiliates may provide Executive with equipment
for Executive’s use in the course of Executive’s service. Executive acknowledges
that any such Confidential Information or equipment, and all other property of
the Company or its Affiliates that comes to be in Executive’s custody, will
remain the exclusive property of the Company and/or its Affiliates. Upon the end
of the Term (including upon any termination of this Agreement), Executive agrees
to deliver to the Company: (i) any such equipment; (ii) all other property of
the Company or its Affiliates in Executive’s control; (iii) any and all records,
notebooks, software, disks, tapes and other storage media, documentation, and
other items relating to any research, experiment, invention, or other thing,
that could result in any Intellectual Property assigned to the Company or its
Affiliates pursuant to Section ‎5.

 

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7.            Arbitration. Executive further agrees and acknowledges that the
Company and Executive will utilize binding arbitration to resolve all disputes
that may arise out of this Agreement, including any determination of whether
Cause or Good Reason exists in connection with a termination of Executive’s
employment hereunder. Both the Company and Executive agree that any claim,
dispute, and/or controversy that either party may have arising from or related
to this Agreement or the Company’s employment of Executive shall be submitted to
and determined exclusively by binding arbitration in New York City, New York,
before a single arbitrator from the Judicial Arbitration Mediation Service
(“JAMS”) selected in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of JAMS
(the “JAMS Rules”) then in effect, which arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with such JAMS Rules, and judgment on the arbitration award may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter of controversy.
Each party shall pay for its own costs and attorneys’ fees, if any. However, if
any party prevails on a statutory claim which affords the prevailing party
attorneys’ fees, or if there is a written agreement providing for fees, the
arbitrator may award reasonable fees to the prevailing party. Executive
understands and agrees to this binding arbitration provision, and both Executive
and the Company give up their right to trial by jury with respect to any claim
that Executive or the Company may have against each other in connection with
this Agreement. Executive hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally
irrevocably waives the right to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation
based hereon, or arising out of, under, or in connection with this Agreement.

 

8.            Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflict of
law provisions.

 

9.            Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement, nor
any of the rights, duties or obligations of the Company or Executive hereunder
shall be assignable by either party without the prior written consent of the
other party hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned); provided, that the Company may, without the consent of Executive,
assign this Agreement to any Covered Party and any and all
successors-in-interest of the Company. Any actual or purported assignment in
violation of this Section 9 shall be null and void ab initio. This Agreement
inures to the benefit of the Covered Parties and the Company’s successors and
assigns, who are express third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

10.          Indemnification. To the extent permitted by applicable
Massachusetts law, the Company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless
Executive from and against any and all liability (including reasonable attorneys
costs and expenses) asserted against or incurred by his in connection with the
defense, settlement or any judgment awarded in any action, suit or proceeding in
which he is made a party by reason of having been or being an officer or
employee of the Company from and after the date of this Agreement, in accordance
with and to the extent required by the terms of the Company’s Governing
Documents in existence on the date hereof. Such right of indemnification is not
deemed exclusive of any right to which he may be entitled under applicable law.

 

11.          Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Purchase
Agreement, the Notes and the Non-Competition Agreement, each to the extent
incorporated herein) constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to its subject matter and supersedes any prior oral or written
communication or understanding with respect thereto; provided, that the
foregoing will not affect any other definitive written agreement between
Executive and the Company or any other Covered Party (or by Executive for the
benefit of a Covered Party).

 

12.          Survival. Provisions of this Agreement which by their nature are
intended to survive after the termination of Executive’s employment under this
Agreement will survive the termination of Executive’s employment.

 

13.          Remedies. All remedies provided for in this Agreement are
cumulative of all other remedies existing at law or in equity.

 

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14.          Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application
of any such provision shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof or any subsequent
application of such provision. In lieu of any such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as
part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid, illegal
or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid, legal and
enforceable.

 

15.          Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are
used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or
interpreting this Agreement. The use in this Agreement of a masculine, feminine
or neither pronoun shall be deemed to include a reference to the others. In this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular. In this
Agreement: (i) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein
shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar
import shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement

 

16.          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic document transmission),
each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such
counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one (1) instrument.

 

17.          Joint Negotiation. The parties hereto agree that each party has
participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement, and,
accordingly, in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement, the same
shall not be construed against any party by reason of the source of drafting.

 

18.          Amendment; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein or by
applicable law, this Agreement may not be amended or changed in any respect,
except by a written agreement executed by both parties hereto. No waiver will be
effective unless it is expressly set forth in a written instrument executed by
the waiving party and any such waiver will have no effect except in the specific
instance in which it is given. Any delay or omission by a party (including any
third party beneficiary) in exercising its rights under this Agreement, or
failure to insist upon strict compliance with any term, covenant, or condition
of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, condition
or right, nor will any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power under this
Agreement at any time or times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such
right or power at any other time or times.

 

19.          Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and
will be sent and deemed duly given (a) when delivered personally to the
recipient, (b) when sent by email to the intended recipient at the email
address, if any, set forth below such party’s signature on the signature page to
this Agreement (with affirmative confirmation of receipt), or (c) one (1)
business day after deposit, postage prepaid, with a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service (receipt requested), to the address set forth below
such party’s signature on the signature page of this Agreement. A copy of all
notices to Executive shall be sent to Riemer & Braunstein LLP, Seven Times
Square, Suite 2506, New York, New York 10036, Attn: Ronald N. Braunstein, Esq.,
Telephone No: (212) 789-3131, Email: rbraunstein@riemerlaw.com; and a copy of
all notices to the Company shall be sent to Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole, LLP,
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10105, Attention:
Barry Grossman, Esq., Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300, Email:
bigrossman@egsllp.com. These addresses may be changed from time to time by
written notice duly provided to the appropriate party as provided above.

 

20.          Company Action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, all actions, determinations and authorizations on the part of
the Company under this Agreement shall be taken and authorized by the Board
(excluding, to the extent applicable, Executive or Executive’s spouse), and the
Company shall not be deemed to have taken any action, made any determination or
provided any authorization under this Agreement that has not been authorized by
the Board (excluding, to the extent applicable, Executive or Executive’s
spouse).

 

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21.          Attorneys’ Fees. The non-prevailing party to any claim that is
finally determined under this Agreement will pay its own expenses and the
reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs, reasonably incurred by the other party. For purposes of this
Section 21, in any claim hereunder in which the requirement to make a payment or
the amount thereof is at issue, in the event that the final determination of the
arbitrator under Section ‎ 7 hereof does not specifically award costs and
expenses based on this Section 21, the party seeking such payment will be deemed
to be the non-prevailing party unless the arbitrator awards such party more than
one-half (1/2) of the amount in dispute, in which case, the party against whom
payment is sought shall be deemed to be the non-prevailing party.

 

22.          Understanding of Agreement. Executive states that Executive has had
a reasonable period sufficient to study, understand, and consider this
Agreement, that Executive has had the opportunity to consult with counsel of
Executive’s choice, that Executive has read this Agreement and understands all
of its terms, that Executive is entering into and signing this Agreement
knowingly and voluntarily, and that in doing so Executive is not relying upon
any statement or representations by or on behalf of the Covered Parties or any
of their Representatives.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement
effective as of the Effective Date.

 

  The Company:       LIGHTHOUSE PLACEMENT SERVICES, LLC         By: Staffing 360
Solutions, Inc.,     its Managing Member             By: /s/ Matthew Briand    
  Name:  Matthew Briand       Title:  Chief Executive Officer       Address:    
  c/o Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc.   641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1526   New
York, New York 10022   Attention:   Matthew Briand   Telephone No.:  (203)
268-8624 (ext. 5600)   Email:  matt@staffing360solutions.com       Executive:  
    /s/ David Fogel   David Fogel       Address:       +++++++++   +++++++++++  
+++++++++       +++++++++++++++++

 

[Signature Page to Lighthouse Employment Agreement]