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Out-of Context Training Suggestions Cause Misunderstanding; "Ho, Ho, Ho" Allowed

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Oct. 16, 2007 - For more than 40 years, Westaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTF), has provided friendly, caring Santas to retailers in Australia. The company and its clients want every Santa-child interaction to be fun and memorable. As a result, each of the 500-600 Santas Westaff places each year attends mandatory training designed to help them be sensitive to the many needs of the children and families with whom they will be interacting. This year some of the training's content, addressing making timid children more comfortable when visiting Santa, was taken out of context and misinterpreted. Westaff assures the public we celebrate Santa's signature saying, "ho, ho, ho," and no directive forbidding the language, for any reason, was issued by the company.

Today, Westaff issued the following statement on the subject:

Westaff does not 'ha, ha, ha' at Santas saying 'ho, ho, ho.' We take our responsibility to provide friendly, caring Santas to our clients seriously. One of the of the main reasons Westaff Santas have been putting smiles on children's faces for more than 40 years is that each Santa is trained to be sensitive to a child's needs. Training includes a discussion of how to help a child feel more comfortable when visiting Santa. Among the advice we give our Santas to ease children's fears is to lower their tone of voice or approach the child with a different friendly greeting. This advice is merely a guideline and each Santa is asked to assess children's reactions and act accordingly, including saying 'ho, ho, ho.'

For more information, visit www.Westaff.com, or contact the company's media relations representatives.

About Westaff

Westaff provides staffing services and employment opportunities for businesses in global markets, servicing more than 15,000 client accounts from more than 208 offices located throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Westaff provides client companies with 125,000 temporary and permanent placement employees annually in the areas of administration, call centers and light industry. For more information, please visit www.westaff.com.

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